Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core 2 Duo U7500

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated316
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiencyno data38.93
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$640

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads222
Base clock speed1.06 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.06 GHz5.1 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB112 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 4 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °C110 °C
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H 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 configuration11
SocketPBGA479FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+
Supported AI Software Frameworks-OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data2.35 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDPno data3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.2
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data8
PCI supportno data5.0 and 4.0

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 U7500 392
Ultra 9 185H 29393
+7398%

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 U7500 1116
Ultra 9 185H 10244
+818%

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 U7500 1976
Ultra 9 185H 62262
+3051%

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 U7500 875
Ultra 9 185H 14053
+1506%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 22
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 45 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7500 has 350% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7500 and Core Ultra 9 185H. We've got no test results to judge.


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