Intel Pentium E6500 vs AMD Athlon 64 2600+

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium E6500 and AMD Athlon 64 2600+ 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 83% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1240 vs 448
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1161 vs 374
Specifications (specs)
Launch date August 2009 vs January 2008
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB (shared) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1240 vs 448
PassMark - CPU mark 1161 vs 374

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 2600+

  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium E6500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 2600+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1240
448
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1161
374
Name Intel Pentium E6500 AMD Athlon 64 2600+
PassMark - Single thread mark 1240 448
PassMark - CPU mark 1161 374
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 355
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 625
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 13.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.296

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Pentium E6500 AMD Athlon 64 2600+

Essentials

Architecture codename Wolfdale Lima
Launch date August 2009 January 2008
Launch price (MSRP) $50
Place in performance rating 3092 3081
Price now $157.95
Processor Number E6500
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 3.28
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.93 GHz
Bus Speed 1066 MHz FSB
Die size 82 mm2 77 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB (shared) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum core temperature 74.1°C
Maximum frequency 2.93 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 228 million 122 million
VID voltage range 0.8500V – 1.3625V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported LGA775 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

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)