Intel Pentium U5600: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium U5600 sales 9 January 2011. This is an Arrandale architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1333 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA1288 processor with a TDP of 18 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

Pentium U5600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years old)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Base clock speed	1.33 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	1.33 GHz	of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support	2500 MHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	of 98304 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	32 nm	of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size	81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors	384 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5600 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	Intel BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-
FMA	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
PAE	36 Bit
FDI	+
Fast Memory Access	+
Status	Discontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	-
VT-x	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium U5600's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	of 460.8 (EPYC 9124)
ECC memory support	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium U5600.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Video	+
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	2.0	of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes	1	of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium U5600. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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