Ryzen 7 5800H vs Core 2 Duo T5550

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated561
Place by popularitynot in top-10081
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data23.17
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.83 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
Multiplierno data32
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die size143 mm2156 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 Million9,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.075V-1.25Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo T5550 642
Ryzen 7 5800H 21004
+3172%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo T5550 227
Ryzen 7 5800H 1763
+677%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo T5550 410
Ryzen 7 5800H 7229
+1663%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo T5550 1826
Ryzen 7 5800H 6017
+230%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo T5550 3397
Ryzen 7 5800H 36735
+981%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo T5550 1484
Ryzen 7 5800H 12790
+762%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2008 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 54 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5550 has 54.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 5800H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T5550 and Ryzen 7 5800H. We've got no test results to judge.


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