Intel Pentium E6500 vs Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Comparative analysis of Intel Pentium E6500 and Intel Pentium 4 1.80 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).

Intel Pentium E6500

Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6500

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
Around 63% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 180 nm
16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
2.9x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1244 vs 429
7.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1172 vs 160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	August 2009 vs August 2001
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 180 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 8 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared) vs 256 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 66.7 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1244 vs 429
PassMark - CPU mark	1172 vs 160

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 4 1.80

Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 78°C vs 74.1°C

Maximum core temperature	78°C vs 74.1°C

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Pentium E6500
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 4 1.80

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1244

429

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1172

160

Name	Intel Pentium E6500	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
PassMark - Single thread mark	1244	429
PassMark - CPU mark	1172	160
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	Intel Pentium 4 1.80
Essentials
Architecture codename	Wolfdale	Willamette
Launch date	August 2009	August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$50
Place in performance rating	3092	3105
Price now	$157.95
Processor Number	E6500
Series	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	3.28
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.93 GHz	1.80 GHz
Bus Speed	1066 MHz FSB	400 MHz FSB
Die size	82 mm2	217 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	8 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared)	256 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	180 nm
Maximum core temperature	74.1°C	78°C
Maximum frequency	2.93 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Transistor count	228 million	42 million
VID voltage range	0.8500V – 1.3625V	1.575V-1.75V
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		78 °C
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR1, DDR2
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	LGA775	PPGA478, PPGA423
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	66.7 Watt
Package Size		53.3mm x 53.3mm
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
FSB parity
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)