AMD Athlon II X4 651 vs Intel Pentium E5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X4 651 and Intel Pentium E5300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon II X4 651

Intel Pentium E5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 651

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 15% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1287 vs 1013
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2500 vs 901
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 396 vs 316
2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1335 vs 554

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	November 2011 vs November 2008
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 2048 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1287 vs 1013
PassMark - CPU mark	2500 vs 901
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	396 vs 316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1335 vs 554

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5300

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X4 651
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1287

1013

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2500

901

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

396

316

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1335

554

Name	AMD Athlon II X4 651	Intel Pentium E5300
PassMark - Single thread mark	1287	1013
PassMark - CPU mark	2500	901
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	396	316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1335	554
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	3.69

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II X4 651	Intel Pentium E5300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Wolfdale
Launch date	November 2011	November 2008
Place in performance rating	2708	2727
Price now	$178.04	$15.40
Value for money (0-100)	5.93	29.44
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$64
Processor Number		E5300
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	228 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Transistor count	1178 million	228 million
Base frequency		2.60 GHz
Bus Speed		800 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	FM1	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
FSB parity
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring