Pentium E6600 vs Core 2 Duo U7500

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2695
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.02
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data1.03
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)17 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$16

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.06 GHz3.06 GHz
Boost clock speed1.06 GHz0.07 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size143 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C74 °C
Number of transistors291 Million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975V0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600 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
SocketPBGA479LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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
Pentium E6600 1128
+188%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 17 January 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7500 has 550% lower power consumption.

Pentium E6600, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7500 and Pentium E6600. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo U7500 is a notebook processor while Pentium E6600 is a desktop one.


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