AMD Athlon II X2 270u vs Intel Core 2 Duo E4500

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Regor (2009−2013)
Release dateJuly 2007 (16 years old)21 September 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$68
Current price$43 $92 (1.4x MSRP)

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u 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 speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
L1 cache64 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size111 mm2117 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistors167 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775AM3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u are enumerated here.

VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E4500 and Athlon II X2 270u.

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.


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 E4500 746
+10.5%
Athlon II X2 270u 675

Core 2 Duo E4500 outperforms Athlon II X2 270u by 11% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

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