Intel T2310

Does anyone know exactly what the Intel T2310 CPU is?

Does it have definitely the C2D/Merom core?

Here's the only place I see it popping up on Intel's site.
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/mobile/pentiumdualcore/sb/CS-028241.htm

The last few weeks have seen a growing selection of T2310 based "budget" laptops.

Looks like it might be a real nice budget chip.

Does it really blow away the T2080 like the chart indicates?

Are there any more common chips that I could use as a comparison when looking at benchmarks at, say, tomshardware?

Here's the laptop I'm looking to buy.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...=6720&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1188558584033

 

It's a new bottom-end member of the Core duo family: 1.46GHz CPU, 533MHz FSB and 1MB L2 cache.

Look at this web page for an independent comparision of performance between the T2310 and the T5250 (1.5GHz, 667MHz FSB and 2MB L2 cache). The results show that the T2310 is very slightly slower than the T5250.

It looks as if Intel are working through the pile of Core Duo chips which failed to make the grade in order to produce another very cheap CPU which costs next to nothing to make (it's already made except for the packaging and labelling) and can compete with AMD at the bottom end of the dual core range.

John

 

It's a Pentium Dual Core, which are Yonah/CD based (for now). The T2xxx series are all yonah based.

 

Are you guys sure?

How come the big jump over the T2130 then according to that Intel page I posted above?

Also, there's another intel link somewhere (I can't come up with it right now) that shows the T2310 has 64bit support. The Yonah's don't support 64 bit, do they?

 

It is merom based. But, like I said in the other thread, it's 1,46GHz. The nomenclature don't say that much on how it performs anymore.

 

True, but on the other hand, if it's 1.46GHz, performs as well as a Yonah that's clocked a few hundred MHz higher, is cheap and perhaps has better battery life due to the low clock speed, that's not bad combo for a low end laptop.

For $450, I'm not expecting to play new games or anything like that, but this does seem to a be an improvement over the recent budget laptops with the T2080 (certainly with the X3100 over the 950 graphics, that's an improvement over the last round of budget laptops), no?

 

This Intel page implies 64 bit which does suggest that the T2310 and T2330 are made from rejected Core 2 Duo CPUs. This might explain why they are listed by Intel as "Pentium dual core" instead of Core (or Core 2) Duo.

John

 

not MUCH higher, more like ~10-20%. Than factor in Cache-size, and you get a low end CPU.

And I saw that page, and retracted my statement, John. Earlier Pentium Dual cores are Yonah based, however.

 

Thanks guys.

All that understood, price is still only $450, so I'm not paying for a high/mid end chip and wouldn't expect high/mid end performance.

I was just trying to gauge performance the the more recent T2080 deals at the same price point.

Intel sure doesn't make it easy, do they?

 

I would expect the T2080 to be slightly faster. In average, the architecture improvements in the Core 2 Duo silicon are worth about 10% on clock speed (but depends on what test for what function).

John

 

if you go to this website:
http://www.intel.com/cd/products/services/emea/eng/processors/pentium_dual-core/340988.htm
and click on the link "view processor number details"

It will give details about the T2310 as well as the other dual core processors