General System Performance
PCMark 05
PC Mark shows that the new Core 2 Duo T7400 has significant improvements in both CPU and memory performance over the T2600. The improved CPU also gives a slight boost to graphics and HDD performance, but the difference is very marginal.
SPEC ViewPerf 8.1
SPEC ViewPerf 8.1 simulates popoular 3D modelling and CAD tools used by professionals. ViewPerf is more a graphics test than a CPU test, so the effects of a faster CPU should be small.
In SPEC ViewPerf 8.1, we only see modest improvements in performance when going from a Core Duo T2400 to the Core 2 Duo T7400.
Cinebench 9.5
Cinebench 9.5’s 3D rendering tests confirm the results from SPEC ViewPerf earlier on this page. The Core 2 Duo is showing some nice math improvements.
ScienceMark 2.0
ScienceMark 2 performs some CPU and memory intensive computations like calculating the orbitals of electrons (Primordia) and measuring the thermodynamic behaviour of molecules (moldyn). Each test is run and an overall score is given.
With the exception of the Moldyn (molecular dynamics) test, the T7400 has a strong lead in performance. In Blas performance, the T7400 has a monstrous gain of double the T2400 score. It’s clear that floating point operations are a big winner here! Let’s see if this holds true for SuperPi.
Super Pi
Super Pi caluclates the value of Pi (an infinite number) to a given byte size. We will test the Core 2 Duo T7400 in calculating 2MB, 4MB, and 8MB values of Pi and compare it to the other platforms.
Once again the T7400 shows it’s superior floating point operation performance by churning out some impressive results with faster computation times than the T2400.
The date is 7/28/2018 and im
The date is 7/28/2018 and im still using a Gateway CX210X I bought new back in the year 2007 to view this website and write this comment …. Over 10yrs later; i’ve upgraded to modern windows10 (this computer came with Xp!) and it still works fine for a mobile solution. I dare say this CPU is just as fast or faster than some modern ones. Intel did a really good job in over-building this thing. I have no issue with modern mobile workloads (about anything except gaming) at all. Feels like a slightly slower i3 to me.