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.

 

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 2584 2585
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)