Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T9500

• CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
• Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
• Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95 °C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 / 65 nm
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1074 vs 703
• Around 64% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1046 vs 639
• Around 85% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 193
• Around 94% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 650 vs 335

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60

• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo T9500
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-60

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1074 703
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1046 639
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	357 193
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	650 335

Compare specifications (specs)