Ryzen 5 3550H vs Core 2 Quad Q7600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiencyno data13.22
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date31 August 2009 (15 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm12 nm
Die size2x 82 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket775FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 August 2009 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 45 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Ryzen 5 3550H has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more threads, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q7600 and Ryzen 5 3550H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q7600 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 3550H is a notebook one.


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