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Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The TK-42 is based on K8 architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the TK-42 gets a score of 12.9 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the TK-42 is 1.1 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
60f82
6ec
Core
Tyler
Yonah
Architecture
K8
Base frecuency
1.6 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
Socket S1g1
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
20 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
128 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x512 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
kB
kB
Date
June 2009
Mean monothread perf.
6.28k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
12.91k points
11.37k points

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
TK-42
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.06k
1.81k (x1.71)
Test#2 (FP)
2.91k
1.96k (x0.67)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.43k
1.81k (x1.27)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.89k
0.9k (x1.02)
TOTAL
6.28k
6.49k (x1.03)

Multithread

TK-42

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
4.02k
3.41k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
5.2k
3.89k (x0.75)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.68k
3.1k (x1.16)
Test#1 (Memory)
1k
0.97k (x0.97)
TOTAL
12.91k
11.37k (x0.88)

Performance/W
TK-42
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
201 points/W