Athlon X2 5050e vs Pentium Dual T2390

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 5050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date1 March 2008 (16 years ago)October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 5050e basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size143 mm2126 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 5050e compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Dual T2390 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Athlon X2 5050e. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook processor while Athlon X2 5050e is a desktop one.


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Intel Pentium Dual Core T2390
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