AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ vs Intel Pentium E5400

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General info

Comparing Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rating24202426
Value for money8.461.10
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Windsor (2006−2009)
Release dateJanuary 2009 (14 years old)August 2007 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$55no data
Current price$8.86 (0.2x MSRP)$79
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Technical specs

Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 speed2.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)256 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size82 mm2220 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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
SocketLGA775AM2
Thermal design power (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+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

Security technologies

Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 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 Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5400 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Benchmark performance

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


Overall 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 E5400 0.75
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 0.75
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  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

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: 67%

Pentium E5400 951
+1.2%
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 940

Pentium E5400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 6000+ by 1% 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: 37%

Pentium E5400 319
+14.3%
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 279

Pentium E5400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 6000+ by 14% 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: 37%

Pentium E5400 554
+9.7%
Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 505

Pentium E5400 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 6000+ by 10% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Boost clock speed 2700 3100
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Thermal design power (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Technical City couldn't decide between

Intel Pentium E5400
Pentium E5400

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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Athlon 64 X2 6000+

The differences in performance seem too small.


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Competitors of Pentium E5400 by AMD

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Pentium E5400 by AMD is Athlon 64 FX-62, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 3 positions in our rating.

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Competitors of Athlon 64 X2 6000+ by Intel

We believe that the nearest equivalent to Athlon 64 X2 6000+ by Intel is Core 2 Duo E7300, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 4 positions in our rating.

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Here are some closest Intel rivals to Athlon 64 X2 6000+:

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