Intel Pentium E5700 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
Released July, 2010
Intel Pentium E5700
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium E5700
 | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.87 GHz | | Higher Maximum operating temperature 74.1 °C |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.2 GHz |
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Released September, 2010
AMD Athlon II X2 250e
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250e
| | Significantly lower typical power consumption 36.56W | | Significantly lower annual home energy cost 10.84 $/year |
| | Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 39.42 $/year |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.87 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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| Higher Maximum operating temperature | 74.1 °C | vs | 72 °C | Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.2 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | Around 40% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Significantly lower typical power consumption | 36.56W | vs | 52.81W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 10.84 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 39.42 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E5700 vs Athlon II X2 250e
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium E5700 | vs | Athlon II X2 250e |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| AM3 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| 3DNow! | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 45W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 10.84 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 39.42 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.9 pt/W | 1.75 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 36.56W | |
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| Clock speed | 800 MHz | 2,000 MHz | |
details | Pentium E5700 | vs | Athlon II X2 250e |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB | |
| L3 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 0.5 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.36V | 0.85 - 1.4V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 74.1°C | Unknown - 72°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.87 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.2 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.87 GHz | 3.6 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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