Athlon II X2 215 vs Pentium E5400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E5400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.64

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27602762
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.468.66
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.900.90
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Regor (2009−2013)
Release date18 January 2009 (15 years ago)20 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$55$45

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon II X2 215 has 2% better value for money than Pentium E5400.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215 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 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.7 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size82 mm2117 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215 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 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215 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 II X2 215 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215.

PCIe version2.02.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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 E5400 0.64
Athlon II X2 215 0.64

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.

Pentium E5400 975
+0.2%
Athlon II X2 215 973

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.

Pentium E5400 312
+14.3%
Athlon II X2 215 273

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.

Pentium E5400 509
+7.6%
Athlon II X2 215 473

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 January 2009 20 October 2009

Athlon II X2 215 has an age advantage of 9 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium E5400 and Athlon II X2 215.


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