Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core2 Duo E7600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000U Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Successor
  - No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 3.06 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.6 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.3 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 -
• Generation
  7.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 -
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 -
• Shader
  160 -
• Technology
  22 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  Decode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E7600 and Intel Core i5-4200U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4200U and Intel Core2 Duo E7600 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 80 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4200U and Intel Core2 Duo E7600, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB No
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q2/2009
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 775
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x