i3-7101E vs Pentium U5600

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1680
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.94
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel PentiumIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data4.89
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$117

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.33 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s8 GT/s
Multiplier1039
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)3 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °C100 °C
Number of transistors384 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketIntel BGA1288FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1600, DDR4-2400
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 GB/s34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® ProcessorsIntel HD Graphics 630
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequency500 MHz1.1 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported23
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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.

Pentium U5600 624
i3-7101E 4430
+610%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 January 2011 3 January 2017
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 54 Watt

Pentium U5600 has 200% lower power consumption.

i3-7101E, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Pentium U5600 and Core i3-7101E. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium U5600 is a notebook processor while Core i3-7101E is a desktop one.


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