AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs Intel Pentium E6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 245 and Intel Pentium E6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 245

Intel Pentium E6300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 245

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1126 vs 1032
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 357 vs 354
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 648 vs 629

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	July 2009 vs May 2009
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1126 vs 1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	357 vs 354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	648 vs 629

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6300

Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1143 vs 1134

Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1143 vs 1134

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 245
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1134

1143

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1126

1032

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

357

354

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

648

629

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 245	Intel Pentium E6300
PassMark - Single thread mark	1134	1143
PassMark - CPU mark	1126	1032
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	357	354
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	648	629

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 245	Intel Pentium E6300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Wolfdale
Launch date	July 2009	May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$35	$40
Place in performance rating	2619	2620
Price now	$34.95	$565
Value for money (0-100)	13.95	0.89
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E6300
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	228 million
Base frequency		2.80 GHz
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		74.1°C
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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)