Ryzen 3 3200U vs Core 2 Quad Q7600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1777
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiencyno data15.02
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Picasso-U (Zen) (2019)
Release date31 August 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data26
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size2x 82 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket775FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 August 2009 6 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q7600 has 100% more physical cores.

Ryzen 3 3200U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 3 3200U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q7600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 3 3200U is a notebook one.


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