Intel Core2 Duo E7300 vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U

Last updated: 2024-04-15

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core2 Duo E7300		AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
CPU comparison Intel Core2 Duo E7300 or AMD Ryzen 7 6800U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.66 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 was released in Q3/2008. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U was released in Q1/2022.

Intel Core2 Duo (29)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (67)
Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 6000U/7035U (9)
2	Generation	5
Wolfdale (Penryn)	Architecture	Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.66 GHz. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.70 GHz (4.70 GHz).
Intel Core2 Duo E7300	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
2.66 GHz	Frequency	2.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.70 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.40 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core2 Duo E7300	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon 680M
	GPU frequency	2.00 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	2.20 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9
	Technology	6 nm
	Max. displays	3
--	Compute units	12
--	Shader	768
No	Hardware Raytracing	Yes
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	8 GB
--	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	AMD Radeon 680M
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 6800U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core2 Duo E7300	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066	Memory	LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
21.3 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	4.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	16.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	23.6 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U is 15 W.
Intel Core2 Duo E7300	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	28 W
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The Intel Core2 Duo E7300 has a 3.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 6800U cache has a total of 20.00 MB.
Intel Core2 Duo E7300	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
45 nm	Technology	6 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 775	Socket	FP7
VT-x	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2008	Release date	Q1/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core2 Duo E7300 (27%)

AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core2 Duo E7300 (8%)

AMD Ryzen 7 6800U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	412 (27%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	1517 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	725 (10%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	7335 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	984 (5%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	20615 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	83 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	574 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	1475 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	10412 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	1861 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	7896 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	575 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	4122 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U AMD Radeon 680M @ 2.20 GHz	3379 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	428 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 2.70 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	237 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core2 Duo E7300 2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 6800U 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	1755 (100%)

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