HD Graphics 520 vs Pentium E5500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2736not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel HD Graphics
Power efficiency0.95no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Gen9
Release date18 April 2010 (14 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520 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)no data
Threads2no data
Base clock speed2.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz0.35 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Die size82 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data

Security technologies

Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520 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 Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data32,768 MB 33,554,432 KB 34,359,738,368 B 0.0313 TiB 32 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

HD Graphics 520 has a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium E5500 and HD Graphics 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium E5500 is a desktop processor while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.


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