Intel Pentium E2160 vs Core2 Duo E6300 |
Released July, 2006
Intel Pentium E2160
- 1.8 GHz
- Dual core
2.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium E2160
 | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 73.3 °C | | Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.72 GHz |
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Released July, 2006
Intel Core2 Duo E6300
- 1.86 GHz
- Dual core
2.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E6300
| | Much more l2 cache 2 MB | | Much better performance per watt 1.18 pt/W |
| | Has virtualization support Yes | | Much more l2 cache per core 1 MB/core |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E2160 vs E6300 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 73.3 °C | vs | 61.4 °C | Around 20% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.72 GHz | vs | 3.45 GHz | Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much more l2 cache | 2 MB | vs | 1 MB | 2x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
| Much better performance per watt | 1.18 pt/W | vs | 1.12 pt/W | More than 5% better performance per watt | |||
| Has virtualization support | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines | |||
| Much more l2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 2x more l2 cache per core | |||
| Better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.19 GHz | vs | 3.11 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E2160 vs Core2 Duo E6300
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium E2160 | vs | Core2 Duo E6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 1.86 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | No | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.12 pt/W | 1.18 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 800 MHz | 1,066 MHz | |
details | Pentium E2160 | vs | Core2 Duo E6300 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 65 nm | |
| Transistor count | 105,000,000 | 167,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 9 | 7 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.5V | 0.85 - 1.5V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 73.3°C | Unknown - 61.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 0 | 15 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.11 GHz | 3.19 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.72 GHz | 3.45 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.11 GHz | 3.19 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | None | |
| Label | N/A | N/A | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
| 3DMark06 | N/A | N/A | |
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