Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 vs Core i7-2630QM
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Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 advantages
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Intel Core i7-2630QM advantages
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T5550 vs i7-2630QM performance comparison
The charts in the section below illustrate performance of Core 2 Duo T5550 and Core i7-2630QM CPUs in a few different kinds of tasks. The numbers for 'Single-threaded performance' and 'Multi-threaded performance' charts are calculated as an average of several related benchmarks, that you can view in the "Benchmarks" tab. As a result, performance in individual benchmarks may be worse or better than what you see in the charts here. The 'Overall performance' shows an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each application type. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Exhaustive list of benchmarks, that show difference in performance between Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 and Intel Core i7-2630QM in various types of tests, can be found in the "Benchmarks" tab.
T5550 vs i7-2630QM power consumption comparison
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Detailed side by side comparison of Intel T5550 vs Intel i7-2630QM specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Even more detailed comparison of internal features of both processors is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| Core 2 Duo T5550 | Core i7-2630QM |
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General recommendations: Somewhat lower power consumption
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General recommendations: Significantly higher overall performance,
Supports SSE4.1 / SSE4.2 / AVX instructions, Integrates HD 3000 GPU |
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Drawbacks: Slow,
Lacks some instructions, Does not have integrated GPU |
Drawbacks: Less energy efficient
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Similar processors
| Core 2 Duo T5550 | Core i7-2630QM |
Similar CPUs use the same socket and architecture as Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 and Intel i7-2630QM, however their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
Where to buy
The microprocessors are no longer manufactured. For that reason the best place to find them is eBay. They may also be available from third party sellers at Amazon. | |
Specifications
| Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 | Intel Core i7-2630QM | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Mobile | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Family | Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile | Intel Core i7 Mobile |
| Model number | T5550 | i7-2630QM |
| CPU part number | LF80537GF0342MT | FF8062700837005 |
| Introduction date | January 9, 2011 | |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Merom | Sandy Bridge |
| Microarchitecture | Core | Sandy Bridge |
| Technology (micron) | 0.065 | 0.032 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket P | Socket G2 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 1833 | 2000 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 2900 / 2800 / 2600 / 2600 | |
| Bus speed (MHz) | 667 | |
| Clock Multiplier | 20 | |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) | 128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 2048 | 1024 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 6144 | |
| Max temperature (°C) | 100 | |
| TDP (Watt) | 35 | 45 |
| Core voltage (V) | 1.075 - 1.25 | |
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 8 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | - | + |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + | |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | - | + |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | - | + |
| SSE4.2 | - | + |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + | |
| Supported technologies | ||
| Hyper-Threading | - | + |
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | - | + |
| Virtualization | - | + |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | None | HD 3000 |
| Integrated Memory Controller(s) | ||
| The number of controllers | 0 | 1 |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "Intel Core 2 Duo T5550" or "Intel Core i7-2630QM" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 and Core i7-2630QM benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database. The former processor was tested on MSI Fuzzy GM965 (MS-9803 V1.0) motherboard with 2GB dual-channel Corsair CM2X1024-6400C4 memory, and Powercolor 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI Radeon HD2400). The latter processor was tested on Supermicro X9SCV-Q motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Crucial CT2KIT12864BC1339 DDR3-1333 SODIMM memory, and Integrated on-chip Intel Sandy Bridge graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
Core 2 Duo T5550 vs Core i7-2630QM single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Intel Core i7-2630QM | ||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | ||
Longer is better  | ||
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| 100% | ||
| 99.2% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 48.7% | ||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 60.5% | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | ||
 Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 42.3% | ||
Core 2 Duo T5550 vs Core i7-2630QM multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Intel Core i7-2630QM | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 25.9% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 25.9% | ||
Euler3D benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 23.9% | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 29.1% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 20.6% | ||
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Intel Core i7-2630QM | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 34.8% | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 20.4% | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 17.5% | ||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 20.7% | ||
Core 2 Duo T5550 vs Core i7-2630QM graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Intel Core i7-2630QM | ||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 33.6% | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 60.1% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 79.2% | ||
Core 2 Duo T5550 vs Core i7-2630QM memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 Intel Core i7-2630QM | ||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 91.1% | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 31.5% | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 27.3% | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 and Intel Core i7-2630QM microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
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| CPU Family | Core 2 Duo Mobile | Core i7 Mobile |
| Model / Processor Number | T5550 | i7-2630QM |
| Frequency | 1828 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Part number | LF80537GF0342MT | FF8062700837005 |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | SLA4E | SR02Y |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | GenuineIntel | |
| Processor name (BIOS) | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz |
| Cores | 2 | 4 |
| Logical processors | 2 | 8 |
| Processor type | Original OEM Processor | |
| CPUID signature | 6FD | 206A7 |
| Family | 6 (06h) | |
| Model | 15 (0Fh) | 42 (02Ah) |
| Stepping | 13 (0Dh) | 7 (07h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 256 entries Data TLB: 4-MB Pages, 4-way set associative, 32 entries Instruction TLB: 2-MB pages, 4-way, 8 entries or 4M pages, 4-way, 4 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries L1 Data TLB: 4-MB pages, 4-way set associative, 16 entries | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
| Cache | ||
| L1 data: Associativity | 8-way set associative | |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 data: Size | 32 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 8-way set associative | |
| L1 instruction: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 instruction: Size | 32 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 8-way set associative | |
| L2: Comments | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped | |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L2: Size | 2 MB | 4 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 12-way set associative | |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Shared between all cores | |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L3: Size | 6 MB | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AVX | - | + |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | - | + |
| SSE4.2 | - | + |
| SSSE3 | + | |
| Additional instructions | ||
| CLFLUSH | + | |
| CMOV | + | |
| CMPXCHG16B | + | |
| CMPXCHG8B | + | |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + | |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + | |
| PCLMULDQ | - | + |
| POPCNT | - | + |
| RDTSCP | - | + |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| XSAVE / XRESTORE states | - | + |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| Turbo Boost | - | + |
| Other features | ||
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + | |
| 64-bit debug store | + | |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + | |
| CPL qualified debug store | + | |
| Debug store | + | |
| Debugging extensions | + | |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | + | |
| Extended xAPIC support | - | + |
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + | |
| Machine check architecture | + | |
| Machine check exception | + | |
| Memory-type range registers | + | |
| Model-specific registers | + | |
| Page attribute table | + | |
| Page global extension | + | |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + | |
| Pending break enable | + | |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | + | |
| Physical address extensions | + | |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| Self-snoop | + | |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | - | + |
| Thermal monitor | + | |
| Thermal monitor 2 | + | |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | + | |
| Time stamp counter | + | |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| xTPR Update Control | + | |
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