Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 vs AMD Athlon II X4 651

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 and AMD Athlon II X4 651 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700

  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 651

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1287 vs 1023
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2500 vs 990
  • Around 25% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 396 vs 317
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1335 vs 564
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1287 vs 1023
PassMark - CPU mark 2500 vs 990
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 396 vs 317
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1335 vs 564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 651

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1023
1287
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
990
2500
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
317
396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
564
1335
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 AMD Athlon II X4 651
PassMark - Single thread mark 1023 1287
PassMark - CPU mark 990 2500
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 317 396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 564 1335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.042
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.69

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 AMD Athlon II X4 651

Essentials

Architecture codename Conroe Llano
Launch date Q3'06 November 2011
Place in performance rating 2701 2706
Processor Number E6700
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $178.04
Value for money (0-100) 5.93

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.66 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz FSB
Die size 143 mm2 228 mm
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 60.1°C
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 291 million 1178 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V-1.5V
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core)
Maximum frequency 3 GHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 0 W
Sockets supported PLGA775 FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 100 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

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

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3