AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs Intel Pentium E5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270u and Intel Pentium E5700 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 270u

Intel Pentium E5700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270u

CPU is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Launch date	September 2010 vs August 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5700

Around 50% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1197 vs 791
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1084 vs 675

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1197 vs 791
PassMark - CPU mark	1084 vs 675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270u
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

791

1197

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

675

1084

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	Intel Pentium E5700
PassMark - Single thread mark	791	1197
PassMark - CPU mark	675	1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		583

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	Intel Pentium E5700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Wolfdale
Launch date	September 2010	August 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$68	$110
Place in performance rating	2484	2485
Price now	$67.67	$14.99
Value for money (0-100)	5.88	34.17
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E5700
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	228 million
Base frequency		3.00 GHz
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Maximum core temperature		74.1°C
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
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)