Ryzen 7 6800H vs Core 2 Duo E4600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	478
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Power efficiency	no data	30.97
Architecture codename	Allendale (2006−2009)	Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022)
Release date	October 2007 (17 years ago)	January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	16
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4.7 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Die size	111 mm2	208 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	167 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.5V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H 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	LGA775	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 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
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H 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 Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 680M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E4600 and Ryzen 7 6800H.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	16
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

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