AMD Phenom II X4 840T vs Intel Pentium E5300

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 840T 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, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Phenom II X4 840T

Intel Pentium E5300

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 840T

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1272 vs 1024
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2360 vs 921

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	September 2010 vs November 2008
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1272 vs 1024
PassMark - CPU mark	2360 vs 921

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E5300

Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 840T
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E5300

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1272

1024

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2360

921

Name	AMD Phenom II X4 840T	Intel Pentium E5300
PassMark - Single thread mark	1272	1024
PassMark - CPU mark	2360	921
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	9.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.186
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		316
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		554

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Phenom II X4 840T	Intel Pentium E5300
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zosma	Wolfdale
Launch date	September 2010	November 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	$64
Place in performance rating	2722	2726
Price now	$69.99	$15.40
Value for money (0-100)	15.15	29.44
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Processor Number		E5300
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	346 mm	82 mm2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	2048 KB (shared)
L3 cache	6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Transistor count	904 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	AM3	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 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