AMD Athlon II Neo K345 vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K345 and Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K345

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 34 Watt
Launch date 18 December 2010 vs 1 October 2008
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 34 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

  • Around 50% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 787 vs 552
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 687 vs 527
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 787 vs 552
PassMark - CPU mark 687 vs 527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K345
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
552
787
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
527
687
Name AMD Athlon II Neo K345 Intel Core 2 Duo T5850
PassMark - Single thread mark 552 787
PassMark - CPU mark 527 687
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 241
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 430

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II Neo K345 Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Merom
Launch date 18 December 2010 1 October 2008
Place in performance rating 2909 2936
Series AMD Athlon II Neo Intel Core 2 Duo
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Price now $15.90
Value for money (0-100) 22.13

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 2000 MHz 667 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 34 Watt

Advanced Technologies

PowerNow
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)