Ryzen 3 7320U vs Core 2 Duo T5900

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1146
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data35.14
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Mendocino-U (Zen 2) (2022)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U 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
SocketSocket PFP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 3 7320U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 T5900 652
Ryzen 3 7320U 8849
+1257%

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 T5900 273
Ryzen 3 7320U 1158
+324%

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 T5900 466
Ryzen 3 7320U 3608
+674%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 20 September 2022
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 7320U has an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

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