Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core 2 Duo T5900

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated727
Place by popularitynot in top-10046
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.47
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date1 October 2008 (16 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
Multiplierno data33
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache2 MB3 MB
L3 cacheno data16 MB
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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.

SocketSocket PFP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5900 and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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 Vega 7

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 5 5600H 16975
+2504%

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 5 5600H 1602
+487%

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 5 5600H 5778
+1140%

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 T5900 2123
Ryzen 5 5600H 5817
+174%

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 T5900 3997
Ryzen 5 5600H 34229
+756%

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 T5900 1864
Ryzen 5 5600H 11952
+541%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 October 2008 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Core 2 Duo T5900 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 828.6% more advanced lithography process.

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