Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Athlon X2 BE-2300
Aggregate performance score
Athlon X2 BE-2300 outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 955 by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3147 | 3211 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 0.77 | 0.21 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Brisbane (2007−2008) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | October 2007 (17 years ago) | 27 December 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon X2 BE-2300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.466 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 0.47 GHz |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon X2 BE-2300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 | 1 |
| Socket | AM2 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 130 Watt |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 BE-2300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon X2 BE-2300 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.36 | 0.29 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 130 Watt |
Athlon X2 BE-2300 has a 24.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 188.9% lower power consumption.
Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
The AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 955 in performance tests.
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