Ryzen 5 3500U vs Core 2 Duo U7600

Place in the ranking	3200	1358
Place by popularity	not in top-100	32
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency	2.07	27.43
Architecture codename	Merom-2048 (2006−2008)	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date	27 July 2006 (18 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Die size	143 mm²	209.78 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	4940 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.8V-0.975V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 configuration	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	PBGA479	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U. 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 U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U 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 U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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 U7600 0.22

Ryzen 5 3500U 4.37
+1886%

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 U7600 347

Ryzen 5 3500U 6935
+1899%

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 U7600 1263

Ryzen 5 3500U 4558
+261%

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 U7600 2289

Ryzen 5 3500U 17231
+653%

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 U7600 1008

Ryzen 5 3500U 5951
+490%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo U7600 68.6

Ryzen 5 3500U 12.88
+433%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.22	4.37
Recency	27 July 2006	6 January 2019
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	65 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7600 has 50% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3500U, on the other hand, has a 1886.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 441.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3500U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo U7600 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo U7600 and Ryzen 5 3500U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.