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Pentium D 925 vs Core Duo T2450


Description
The 925 is based on NetBurst architecture while the T2450 is based on Mobile.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 925 gets a score of 14 k points while the T2450 gets 11.4 k points.

Summarizing, the 925 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
f65
6ec
Core
Presler
Yonah
Architecture
NetBurst
Base frecuency
3 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
micro FC-PGA 478-pin
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
95 W
W
Cache L1 (d+i)
16+8 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
4096 kB
2048 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
kB
Date
October 2006
Mean monothread perf.
7.7k points
6.49k points
Mean multithread perf.
14.03k 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
925
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
1.52k
1.04k (x0.68)
Test#2 (FP)
2.95k
1.85k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.51k
1.76k (x1.17)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.82k
0.97k (x1.19)
TOTAL
6.79k
5.62k (x0.83)

Multithread

925

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
2.98k
1.78k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
5.62k
3.51k (x0.63)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.87k
3.05k (x1.06)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.82k
0.94k (x1.14)
TOTAL
12.29k
9.28k (x0.76)

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
925
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
2.06k
1.81k (x0.88)
Test#2 (FP)
3.32k
1.96k (x0.59)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
1.52k
1.81k (x1.19)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.8k
0.9k (x1.13)
TOTAL
7.7k
6.49k (x0.84)

Multithread

925

T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
4k
3.41k (x0.85)
Test#2 (FP)
6.32k
3.89k (x0.62)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.91k
3.1k (x1.07)
Test#1 (Memory)
0.81k
0.97k (x1.21)
TOTAL
14.03k
11.37k (x0.81)

Performance/W
925
T2450
Test#1 (Integers)
42 points/W