AMD Athlon II X2 210e vs Intel Core i5-670

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 210e and Intel Core i5-670 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, 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.

AMD Athlon II X2 210e

Intel Core i5-670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 210e

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 73 Watt

Launch date	September 2010 vs January 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 73 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-670

Around 43% higher clock speed: 3.73 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1530 vs 1105
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2533 vs 1105

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.73 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1530 vs 1105
PassMark - CPU mark	2533 vs 1105

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 210e
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-670

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1105

1530

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1105

2533

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 210e	Intel Core i5-670
PassMark - Single thread mark	1105	1530
PassMark - CPU mark	1105	2533
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		538
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1252

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 210e	Intel Core i5-670
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Clarkdale
Launch date	September 2010	January 2010
Place in performance rating	2175	2177
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$252
Price now		$89.99
Processor Number		i5-670
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		10.84
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	81 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	3.73 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	382 million
Base frequency		3.46 GHz
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache		4096 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Number of threads		4
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		21 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.6 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		733 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
PCIe configurations		1x16, 2x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)