Athlon II X2 210e vs i5-760

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2062	2701
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.11	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.65	1.46
Architecture codename	Lynnfield (2009−2010)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	18 July 2010 (14 years ago)	21 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$230	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.33 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus rate	2.5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	296 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Number of transistors	774 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e 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	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e 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 i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-760 and Athlon II X2 210e.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.72	0.72
Recency	18 July 2010	21 September 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	45 Watt

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