Ryzen 5 5600H vs Core 2 Duo T8300

Place in the ranking	2503	721
Place by popularity	not in top-100	42
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency	2.50	22.49
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$241	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T8300 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.2 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	33
L1 cache	no data	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	16 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T8300 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.

Socket	BGA479,PGA478	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Ryzen 5 5600H. 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 T8300 and Ryzen 5 5600H 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 T8300 and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T8300 and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD 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.

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 T8300 0.96

Ryzen 5 5600H 11.10
+1056%

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 T8300 1472

Ryzen 5 5600H 16985
+1054%

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 T8300 306

Ryzen 5 5600H 1600
+423%

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 T8300 484

Ryzen 5 5600H 5769
+1092%

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 T8300 2626

Ryzen 5 5600H 5817
+122%

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 T8300 4837

Ryzen 5 5600H 34229
+608%

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 T8300 2143

Ryzen 5 5600H 11952
+458%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.96	11.10
Recency	10 January 2008	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Core 2 Duo T8300 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has a 1056.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T8300 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo T8300 and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.