Intel Pentium P6100 vs Intel Pentium U5600

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium P6100 and Intel Pentium U5600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Pentium P6100

Intel Pentium U5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium P6100

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 50% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 831 vs 588
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 880 vs 624

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 September 2010 vs 24 May 2010
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.33 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	831 vs 588
PassMark - CPU mark	880 vs 624

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium U5600

Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 90°C
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 90°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium P6100
CPU 2: Intel Pentium U5600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

831

588

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

880

624

Name	Intel Pentium P6100	Intel Pentium U5600
PassMark - Single thread mark	831	588
PassMark - CPU mark	880	624
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	306
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	540

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Pentium P6100	Intel Pentium U5600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Arrandale	Arrandale
Launch date	26 September 2010	24 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$12
Place in performance rating	2850	2851
Price now	$12
Processor Number	P6100	U5600
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	32.59
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	1.33 GHz
Bus Speed	2.5 GT/s DMI	2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size	81 mm2	81 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB)	2500 MHz	2500 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	3072 KB	3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	1.33 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	382 million	382 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB	8 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066	DDR3 800
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	500 MHz	166 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	667 MHz	500 MHz
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	500 MHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics	Intel HD Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	2	2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mmx37.5mm	BGA 34mm x 28mm
Sockets supported	PGA988	BGA1288
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	1	1
PCI Express revision	2.0	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16	1x16
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-bit	36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)