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Core Duo T2450 vs Core i5-520M


Description
The T2450 is based on Mobile architecture while the i5-520M is based on Westmere.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the T2450 gets a score of 11.4 k points while the i5-520M gets 26.3 k points.

Summarizing, the i5-520M is 2.3 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6ec
20655
Core
Yonah
Arrandale
Architecture
Mobile
Base frecuency
2 GHz
2.4 GHz
Boost frecuency
2 GHz
2.933 GHz
Socket
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
FC-PGA 988
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/4
TDP
W
35 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
kB
3072 kB
Date
January 2010
Mean monothread perf.
6.49k points
13.1k points
Mean multithread perf.
11.37k points
26.27k 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
T2450
i5-520M
Test#1 (Integers)
1.81k
5.41k (x2.98)
Test#2 (FP)
1.96k
3.69k (x1.88)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.81k
2.12k (x1.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.9k
1.88k (x2.08)
TOTAL
6.49k
13.1k (x2.02)

Multithread

T2450

i5-520M
Test#1 (Integers)
3.41k
10.7k (x3.14)
Test#2 (FP)
3.89k
7.91k (x2.03)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.1k
5.08k (x1.64)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.97k
2.58k (x2.65)
TOTAL
11.37k
26.27k (x2.31)

Performance/W
T2450
i5-520M
Test#1 (Integers)