A8-5500 vs Core 2 Duo U7700

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2067
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data2.38
Architecture codenameMerom-2048 (2006−2008)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date27 July 2006 (18 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.33 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.33 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size143 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data71 °C
Number of transistors291 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.8V-0.975Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500 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
SocketPFM2
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500 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 U7700 and A8-5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7560D

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 U7700 429
A8-5500 2609
+508%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2006 2 October 2012
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo U7700 has 550% lower power consumption.

A8-5500, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo U7700 and A8-5500. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo U7700 is a notebook processor while A8-5500 is a desktop one.


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