Pentium Dual-Core E2200 vs Athlon X2 7550

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2924
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	no data	0.68
Architecture codename	Kuma (2008−2009)	Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date	December 2008 (16 years ago)	December 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Die size	285 mm2	77 mm2
Number of transistors	450 million	105 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	AM2+	775
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)

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+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 7550 and Pentium Dual-Core E2200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Power consumption (TDP)

95 Watt

65 Watt

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