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Core 2 Duo L7500 vs Athlon II X2 260


Description
The L7500 is based on Core architecture while the 260 is based on K10.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the L7500 gets a score of 10.6 k points while the 260 gets 27.5 k points.

Summarizing, the 260 is 2.6 times faster than the L7500. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
6fa
100f63
Core
Merom
Regor
Architecture
Base frecuency
1.6 GHz
3.2 GHz
Socket
BGA 479
Socket AM3
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
17 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
2x128 kB
Cache L2
4096 kB
2x1024 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
October 2006
May 2010
Mean monothread perf.
6.74k points
17.05k points
Mean multithread perf.
10.65k points
27.54k 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
L7500
260
Test#1 (Integers)
1.83k
6.04k (x3.29)
Test#2 (FP)
1.65k
6.2k (x3.76)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.58k
3.11k (x1.97)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.68k
1.7k (x1.01)
TOTAL
6.74k
17.05k (x2.53)

Multithread

L7500

260
Test#1 (Integers)
3.38k
10.02k (x2.96)
Test#2 (FP)
3.03k
10.18k (x3.36)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.89k
5.1k (x1.76)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.34k
2.25k (x1.67)
TOTAL
10.65k
27.54k (x2.59)

Performance/W
L7500
260
Test#1 (Integers)
199 points/W
154 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
178 points/W
157 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
170 points/W
78 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
79 points/W
35 points/W
TOTAL
626 points/W
424 points/W

Performance/GHz
L7500
260
Test#1 (Integers)
1146 points/GHz
1886 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1033 points/GHz
1939 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
985 points/GHz
971 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1051 points/GHz
532 points/GHz
TOTAL
4215 points/GHz
5328 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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