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Core Duo T2450 vs Pentium D 820


Description
The T2450 is based on Mobile architecture while the 820 is based on NetBurst.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the T2450 gets a score of 11.4 k points while the 820 gets 14.1 k points.

Summarizing, the 820 is 1.2 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6ec
f44
Core
Yonah
Smithfield
Architecture
Mobile
Base frecuency
2 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
W
130 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
16+8 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
kB
0 kB
Date
May 2005
Mean monothread perf.
6.49k points
7.45k points
Mean multithread perf.
11.37k points
14.07k 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
T2450
820
Test#1 (Integers)
1.04k
1.46k (x1.41)
Test#2 (FP)
1.85k
2.6k (x1.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.76k
1.26k (x0.72)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.97k
0.91k (x0.94)
TOTAL
5.62k
6.23k (x1.11)

Multithread

T2450

820
Test#1 (Integers)
1.78k
2.93k (x1.65)
Test#2 (FP)
3.51k
5.19k (x1.48)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.05k
2.53k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.94k
0.94k (x1.01)
TOTAL
9.28k
11.59k (x1.25)

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
820
Test#1 (Integers)
1.81k
1.93k (x1.07)
Test#2 (FP)
1.96k
3.11k (x1.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.81k
1.49k (x0.83)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.9k
0.91k (x1)
TOTAL
6.49k
7.45k (x1.15)

Multithread

T2450

820
Test#1 (Integers)
3.41k
3.92k (x1.15)
Test#2 (FP)
3.89k
6.23k (x1.6)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.1k
2.99k (x0.96)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.97k
0.94k (x0.96)
TOTAL
11.37k
14.07k (x1.24)

Performance/W
T2450
820
Test#1 (Integers)