Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 vs Intel Pentium M 1.30

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 and Intel Pentium M 1.30 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

Intel Core 2 Duo T9300

Intel Pentium M 1.30

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T9300

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 92% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 100°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1027 vs 384
3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 990 vs 301

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2008 vs March 2003
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 1.3 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 100°C
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 16 KB
L2 cache	6144 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027 vs 384
PassMark - CPU mark	990 vs 301

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium M 1.30

Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 22 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	22 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
CPU 2: Intel Pentium M 1.30

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1027

384

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

990

301

Name	Intel Core 2 Duo T9300	Intel Pentium M 1.30
PassMark - Single thread mark	1027	384
PassMark - CPU mark	990	301
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	352
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.27
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	20.086
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.963

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core 2 Duo T9300	Intel Pentium M 1.30
Essentials
Architecture codename	Penryn	Banias
Launch date	10 January 2008	March 2003
Launch price (MSRP)	$316
Place in performance rating	3161	3163
Price now	$57.99
Processor Number	T9300
Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	8.48
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	1.30 GHz
Bus Speed	800 MHz FSB	400 MHz FSB
Die size	107 mm2	83 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	16 KB
L2 cache	6144 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	130 nm
Maximum core temperature	105°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	1.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	410 million	77 million
VID voltage range	1.000V-1.250V	0.956V-1.388V
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	35mm x 35mm	35mm x 35mm
Sockets supported	PGA478, BGA479	PPGA478, H-PBGA479
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	22 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		32-bit
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR1, DDR2