Athlon X2 BE-2300 vs Pentium Dual T2060
Aggregate performance score
Athlon X2 BE-2300 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2060 by an impressive 68% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3497 | 3322 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Pentium Dual Core | no data |
| Power efficiency | 0.26 | 0.30 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Yonah (2005−2006) | Brisbane (2007−2008) |
| Release date | no data | October 2007 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 BE-2300 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 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 126 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 154 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2060 and Athlon X2 BE-2300 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | AM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 45 Watt |
Synthetic benchmarks
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 | 0.19 | 0.32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 45 Watt |
Pentium Dual T2060 has 45.2% lower power consumption.
Athlon X2 BE-2300, on the other hand, has a 68.4% higher aggregate performance score.
The AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Dual Core T2060 in performance tests.
Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2060 is a notebook processor while Athlon X2 BE-2300 is a desktop one.
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