AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 vs Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 and Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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.

AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 30% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	October 2007 vs August 2007
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 734 vs 489
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 678 vs 430

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	734 vs 489
PassMark - CPU mark	678 vs 430

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

489

734

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

430

678

Name	AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640	Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180
PassMark - Single thread mark	489	734
PassMark - CPU mark	430	678
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		242
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		423

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640	Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180
Essentials
Architecture codename	Windsor	Conroe
Launch date	October 2007	August 2007
Place in performance rating	3021	3003
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E2180
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	230 mm	77 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Transistor count	227 million	105 million
Base frequency		2.00 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)	45 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)