AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs Intel Pentium G6950

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270u and Intel Pentium G6950 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 270u

Intel Pentium G6950

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270u

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 73 Watt

Launch date	September 2010 vs January 2010
L2 cache	1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 73 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G6950

Around 40% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1109 vs 791
Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1238 vs 675

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1109 vs 791
PassMark - CPU mark	1238 vs 675

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270u
CPU 2: Intel Pentium G6950

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

791

1109

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

675

1238

Name	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	Intel Pentium G6950
PassMark - Single thread mark	791	1109
PassMark - CPU mark	675	1238
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		415
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		757

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X2 270u	Intel Pentium G6950
Essentials
Architecture codename	Regor	Clarkdale
Launch date	September 2010	January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$68	$60
Place in performance rating	2573	2576
Price now	$67.67	$39.99
Value for money (0-100)	5.88	13.69
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		G6950
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117 mm	81 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	2 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	410 million	382 million
Base frequency		2.80 GHz
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache		3072 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature		72.6°C
Number of threads		2
VID voltage range		0.6500V-1.4000V
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR2, DDR3	DDR3 1066
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		17 GB/s
Maximum memory size		16.38 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AM3	FCLGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	73 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		533 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics		Integrated
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
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® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)