Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core 2 Duo T5600

Place in the ranking	2992	929
Place by popularity	not in top-100	19
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	1.14	31.00
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2) (2021)
Release date	28 July 2006 (18 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	1.83 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.83 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Die size	143 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1.0375V-1.3V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	PPGA478, PBGA479	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 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
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U 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 T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo T5600 0.41

Ryzen 5 5500U 8.19
+1898%

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 T5600 658

Ryzen 5 5500U 13010
+1877%

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 T5600 228

Ryzen 5 5500U 1287
+464%

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 T5600 414

Ryzen 5 5500U 4528
+994%

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 T5600 1560

Ryzen 5 5500U 9185
+489%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo T5600 48.8

Ryzen 5 5500U 6.22
+685%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.41	8.19
Recency	28 July 2006	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	65 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	34 Watt	25 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500U has a 1897.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 36% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T5600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T5600 and Ryzen 5 5500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.