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Core 2 Duo T5500 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The T5500 is based on Core architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the T5500 gets a score of 11.8 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the T5500 is 1 times faster than the T2450. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6f2
6ec
Core
Merom
Yonah
Architecture
Core
Base frecuency
1.667 GHz
2 GHz
Boost frecuency
1.66 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
Socket M
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
35 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2048 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
July 2006
Mean monothread perf.
6.41k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
11.81k 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
T5500
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.58k
1.04k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
1.67k
1.85k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.67k
1.76k (x1.05)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.96k
0.97k (x1.01)
TOTAL
5.89k
5.62k (x0.95)

Multithread

T5500

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
3.18k
1.78k (x0.56)
Test#2 (FP)
3.28k
3.51k (x1.07)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.23k
3.05k (x0.94)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.04k
0.94k (x0.9)
TOTAL
10.74k
9.28k (x0.86)

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
T5500
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.93k
1.81k (x0.94)
Test#2 (FP)
1.73k
1.96k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.74k
1.81k (x1.04)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.01k
0.9k (x0.9)
TOTAL
6.41k
6.49k (x1.01)

Multithread

T5500

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
3.84k
3.41k (x0.89)
Test#2 (FP)
3.43k
3.89k (x1.13)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.45k
3.1k (x0.9)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.08k
0.97k (x0.9)
TOTAL
11.81k
11.37k (x0.96)

Performance/W
T5500
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
110 points/W