AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium E5400

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	2471	2465
Value for money	8.46	8.66
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	January 2009 (14 years old)	October 2009 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	$45
Current price	$11.80 (0.2x MSRP)	$25 (0.6x MSRP)

Technical specs

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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	512 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	82 mm2	117 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	LGA775	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 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.

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 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

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no data

Memory specs

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

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR3

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.

Athlon II X2 215 outperforms Pentium E5400 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	0.75	0.76
Cost	$55	$45

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