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Athlon 64 X2 4200+ vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The 4200+ is based on K8 architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 4200+ gets a score of 17.9 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 4200+ is 1.6 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
60fb1
6ec
Core
Brisbane
Yonah
Architecture
K8
Base frecuency
2.2 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
Socket AM2
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x512 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
January 2007
Mean monothread perf.
8.86k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
17.94k points
11.37k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
4200+
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.15k
1.04k (x0.9)
Test#2 (FP)
3.85k
1.85k (x0.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.73k
1.76k (x1.01)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.18k
0.97k (x5.46)
TOTAL
6.91k
5.62k (x0.81)

Multithread

4200+

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
2.23k
1.78k (x0.8)
Test#2 (FP)
7.33k
3.51k (x0.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.37k
3.05k (x0.91)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.3k
0.94k (x3.11)
TOTAL
13.22k
9.28k (x0.7)

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
4200+
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
2.77k
1.81k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
4k
1.96k (x0.49)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.92k
1.81k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.16k
0.9k (x5.53)
TOTAL
8.86k
6.49k (x0.73)

Multithread

4200+

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
5.81k
3.41k (x0.59)
Test#2 (FP)
7.85k
3.89k (x0.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.98k
3.1k (x0.78)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.31k
0.97k (x3.18)
TOTAL
17.94k
11.37k (x0.63)

Performance/W
4200+
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
89 points/W