AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core2 Duo E8400. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 5000G Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 4600G No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.90 GHz 3.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  12 2
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and Intel Core2 Duo E8400 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  45 W No
• Tjunction max.
  95 °C 80 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 5600G and AMD Ryzen 5 5600G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB 6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Cezanne (Zen 3) Wolfdale
• Technology
  7 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  AM4 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2008