AMD Athlon 64 2600+ vs Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 2600+ and Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2600+

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 681 vs 448
  • Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 648 vs 374
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
L2 cache 1024 KB (shared) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 681 vs 448
PassMark - CPU mark 648 vs 374

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 2600+
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
448
681
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
374
648
Name AMD Athlon 64 2600+ Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160
PassMark - Single thread mark 448 681
PassMark - CPU mark 374 648
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 198
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 347

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon 64 2600+ Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160

Essentials

Architecture codename Lima Conroe
Launch date January 2008 Q3'06
Place in performance rating 3081 3065
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number E2160
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 77 mm 77 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Transistor count 122 million 105 million
Base frequency 1.80 GHz
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature 73.3°C
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.5V

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM2 LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)