Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 vs AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 and AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 130 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 34 Watt vs 45 Watt
• Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 787 vs 577
• Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 687 vs 370

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo T5850
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	787 577
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	687 370

Compare specifications (specs)