Pentium E2180 vs Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Pentium E2180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Architecture codename | Manchester (2005−2006) | no data |
| Release date | August 2005 (18 years ago) | 1 July 2007 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Pentium E2180 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | no data |
| Threads | 2 | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256K | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | no data |
| Die size | 220 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 73 °C |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and Pentium E2180 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | 939 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 65 Watt |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Pentium E2180 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 3800+ by 9% in Passmark.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Pentium E2180 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 3800+ by 5% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ outperforms Pentium E2180 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Pros & cons summary
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 65 Watt |
Pentium E2180 has 36.9% lower power consumption.
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