Core 2 Duo T5600 vs Pentium N4200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2229not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency21.52no data
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)28 July 2006 (18 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$241

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.1 GHz1.83 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.83 GHz
Bus rateno data667 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data143 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.0375V-1.3V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1296PPGA478, PBGA479
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt34 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States+-
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
Demand Based Switchingno data-
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
FSB parityno data-
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x++
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 505no data
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and Core 2 Duo T5600.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes6no data
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium N4200 2171
+230%
Core 2 Duo T5600 658

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium N4200 275
+20.6%
Core 2 Duo T5600 228

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium N4200 720
+73.9%
Core 2 Duo T5600 414

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium N4200 2636
+69%
Core 2 Duo T5600 1560

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium N4200 22.58
+116%
Core 2 Duo T5600 48.8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2016 28 July 2006
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 34 Watt

Pentium N4200 has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 466.7% lower power consumption.

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