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Intel Core2 Duo T9600
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See full details Intel Core2 Duo T9600 vs Core i5 540M |
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Released January, 2010
Intel Core i5 540M
- 2.53 GHz
- Dual core
5.8 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core i5 540M
 | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
by Tech Radar (Jan, 2010)But that doesn't spoil what is still a fantastic new mobile processor family.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of T9600 vs 540M among laptop CPUs (over 15W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo T9600 vs Core i5 540M
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo T9600 | vs | Core i5 540M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 2.53 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| 479 | |||
| P | |||
| BGA 1288 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| EM64T | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 35W | 35W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 8.43 $/year | 8.43 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 3.36 pt/W | 14.03 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 28.44W | 28.44W | |
details | Core2 Duo T9600 | vs | Core i5 540M |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
| Transistor count | 410,000,000 | 382,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 10 | 19 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.05 GHz | 3.04 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.8 GHz | 2.53 GHz | |
| PassMark (Overclocked) | 430.7 | 171.8 | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.05 GHz | 3.04 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Intel® HD Graphics | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | 2 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 500 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | 766 MHz | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
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