Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Pentium Dual-Core E2220 sales on March 2008. This is an Allendale architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 775 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.87% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

Pentium Dual-Core E2220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2416
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Value for money1.62
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years old)
Current price$33 of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Boost clock speed2.4 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography65 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size77 mm2
Number of transistors105 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2220 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2220's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Dual-Core E2220. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Pentium Dual-Core E2220 0.87

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 Dual-Core E2220 1330

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Pentium Dual-Core E2220 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220 100
AMD A4-6300B 98.85

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium Dual-Core E2220 is Athlon II X3 405e, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium Dual-Core E2220:

AMD A4-5300 102.3
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220 100
AMD A4-6300B 98.85

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium Dual-Core E2220, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium Dual-Core E2220 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1244 configurations based on Pentium Dual-Core E2220 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.8% (10/1244)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (2/1244)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.08% (1/1244)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.2% (3/1244)
RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.08% (1/1244)
GTX 1080 Ti GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
0.2% (2/1244)
RTX 3060 GeForce RTX 3060
0.2% (2/1244)
RX 6600 XT Radeon RX 6600 XT
0.08% (1/1244)
GTX 1070 Ti GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
0.08% (1/1244)

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