Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core 2 Duo U7700

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1765
Place by popularity	not in top-100	96
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	no data	15.14
Architecture codename	Merom-2048 (2006−2008)	Picasso (2019−2022)
Release date	27 July 2006 (18 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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	4
Base clock speed	1.33 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.33 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	26
L1 cache	64 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Die size	143 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	95 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.8V-0.975V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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	P	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U. 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
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U 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 Ryzen 3 3250U 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 Ryzen 3 3250U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo U7700 and Ryzen 3 3250U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	12

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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Recency	27 July 2006	6 January 2020
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	65 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	15 Watt

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