AMD Athlon II X3 460 vs Intel Pentium E5700

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X3 460 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 460

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 75°C vs 74.1°C
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1395 vs 1197
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2008 vs 1084
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 383 vs 343
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1013 vs 583
Specifications (specs)
Launch date May 2011 vs August 2010
Number of cores 3 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 75°C vs 74.1°C
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1395 vs 1197
PassMark - CPU mark 2008 vs 1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 383 vs 343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1013 vs 583

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5700

  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
L2 cache 2048 KB (shared) vs 1.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X3 460
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1395
1197
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2008
1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
383
343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1013
583
Name AMD Athlon II X3 460 Intel Pentium E5700
PassMark - Single thread mark 1395 1197
PassMark - CPU mark 2008 1084
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 383 343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1013 583
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.511

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X3 460 Intel Pentium E5700

Essentials

Architecture codename Rana Wolfdale
Family AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date May 2011 August 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $50 $110
OPN PIB ADX460WFGMBOX
OPN Tray ADX460WFK32GM
Place in performance rating 2583 2585
Price now $38.99 $14.99
Series AMD Athlon II X3 Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Value for money (0-100) 21.59 34.17
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number E5700
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 3.00 GHz
Die size 169 mm 82 mm2
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1.5 MB 2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 75°C 74.1°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 3 2
Number of threads 3
Transistor count 300 million 228 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 800 MHz FSB
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) 95 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)