Intel Pentium E5500 vs Core 2 Duo E6700

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Combined performance score

Core 2 Duo E6700
0.64

Pentium E5500 outperforms Core 2 Duo E6700 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking26142586
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.985.06
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesCore 2 Duo (Desktop)no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release dateno data18 April 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$109
Current price$18 $18.66 (0.2x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E5500 has 416% better value for money than Core 2 Duo E6700.

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus support1066 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data82 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo E6700 0.64
Pentium E5500 0.67
+4.7%

Pentium E5500 outperforms Core 2 Duo E6700 by 5% in our combined benchmark results.


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%

Core 2 Duo E6700 990
Pentium E5500 1027
+3.7%

Pentium E5500 outperforms Core 2 Duo E6700 by 4% 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%

Core 2 Duo E6700 320
+11.1%
Pentium E5500 288

Core 2 Duo E6700 outperforms Pentium E5500 by 11% 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%

Core 2 Duo E6700 546
+16.4%
Pentium E5500 469

Core 2 Duo E6700 outperforms Pentium E5500 by 16% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.64 0.67
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6700 and Pentium E5500. The differences in performance seem too small.


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