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Pentium 4 HT 520 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The 520 is based on NetBurst architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 520 gets a score of 8.6 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the T2450 is 1.3 times faster than the 520. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
f34
6ec
Core
Prescott
Yonah
Architecture
NetBurst
Base frecuency
2.8 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
1/2
2/2
TDP
84 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8+8 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
1024 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
2004
Mean monothread perf.
7.46k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
8.63k 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
520
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.46k
1.04k (x0.71)
Test#2 (FP)
2.6k
1.85k (x0.71)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.26k
1.76k (x1.39)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.88k
0.97k (x1.1)
TOTAL
6.19k
5.62k (x0.91)

Multithread

520

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.19k
1.78k (x1.49)
Test#2 (FP)
3k
3.51k (x1.17)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.46k
3.05k (x2.1)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.89k
0.94k (x1.04)
TOTAL
6.54k
9.28k (x1.42)

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
520
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.96k
1.81k (x0.92)
Test#2 (FP)
3.12k
1.96k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.5k
1.81k (x1.21)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.88k
0.9k (x1.02)
TOTAL
7.46k
6.49k (x0.87)

Multithread

520

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.77k
3.41k (x1.93)
Test#2 (FP)
4.19k
3.89k (x0.93)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.77k
3.1k (x1.75)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.89k
0.97k (x1.09)
TOTAL
8.63k
11.37k (x1.32)

Performance/W
520
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
21 points/W