AMD A6-3600 vs Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3600 and Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3600

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1697 vs 702
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2011 vs June 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1697 vs 702

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 946 vs 909
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 946 vs 909

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3600
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
909
946
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1697
702
Name AMD A6-3600 Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210
PassMark - Single thread mark 909 946
PassMark - CPU mark 1697 702
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1373
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.334

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3600 Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Wolfdale
Launch date June 2011 June 2009
Place in performance rating 2374 2382
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 82 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 1024 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Transistor count 1178 million 228 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)