Ryzen 3 7440U vs Core 2 Duo U7700

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated919
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)
Power efficiencyno data27.63
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Phoenix-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c) (2023)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)3 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed1.33 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz4.7 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die size143 mm2137 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistors291 Million20,900 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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
SocketPFP7
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataAES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U 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 U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

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 U7700 429
Ryzen 3 7440U 12991
+2928%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 3 May 2023
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 28 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7700 has 180% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 3 7440U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 7440U. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel Core 2 Duo U7700
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