Pentium U5600: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium U5600 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.39% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium U5600 sales 9 January 2011. This is an Arrandale architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1333 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA1288 processor with a TDP of 18 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium U5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 3017 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Pentium | |
| Power efficiency | 2.05 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Arrandale (2010−2011) | |
| Release date | 9 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.33 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| Bus type | DMI 1.0 | |
| Bus rate | 1 × 2.5 GT/s | |
| Multiplier | 10 | of 42 (Core i7-7700K) |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 3 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 81+114 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | of 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 384 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium U5600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 (Uniprocessor) | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | Intel BGA1288 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| FMA | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Flex Memory Access | + | |
| PAE | 36 Bit | |
| FDI | + | |
| Fast Memory Access | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | |
| EDB | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | - | |
| VT-x | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium U5600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 12.799 GB/s | of 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9124) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium U5600.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors | |
| Clear Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 500 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium U5600. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium U5600 is Athlon X2 QL-64, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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