Ryzen 7 5800U vs Core 2 Duo E6300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated669
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data73.06
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)
Release dateJuly 2006 (18 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.86 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.87 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
Multiplierno data19
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm7 nm
Die size143 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature61 °C105 °C
Number of transistors291 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775,PLGA775FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U 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 E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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.

Core 2 Duo E6300 638
Ryzen 7 5800U 18394
+2783%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo E6300 186
Ryzen 7 5800U 1726
+828%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo E6300 304
Ryzen 7 5800U 6807
+2139%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 5800U has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, a 828.6% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6300 and Ryzen 7 5800U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6300 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 7 5800U is a notebook one.


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