AMD Athlon X4 845 vs Intel Pentium E5500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 845 and Intel Pentium E5500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Security & Reliability, 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Athlon X4 845

Intel Pentium E5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 845

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1678 vs 1133
3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3792 vs 1037
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 516 vs 328
2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1548 vs 567

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1678 vs 1133
PassMark - CPU mark	3792 vs 1037
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	516 vs 328
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1548 vs 567

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5500

Around 4% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 71.30°C

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 71.30°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 845
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1678

1133

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3792

1037

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

516

328

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1548

567

Name	AMD Athlon X4 845	Intel Pentium E5500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1678	1133
PassMark - CPU mark	3792	1037
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	516	328
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1548	567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	11.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.237

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon X4 845	Intel Pentium E5500
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD845XACKASBX
Place in performance rating	2615	2634
Series	AMD Athlon X4	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Wolfdale
Launch date		April 2010
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$19.99
Processor Number		E5500
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		24.15
Performance
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.80 GHz
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		800 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm2
L1 cache		64 KB (per core)
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2+	LGA775
Thermal Solution	Near Silent 95W
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)