AMD Phenom X3 8250e vs Intel Pentium E5700

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Combined performance score

Pentium E5700
0.70

Phenom X3 8250e outperforms Pentium E5700 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25602558
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money2.335.62
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Toliman (2008)
Release date8 August 2010 (13 years old)September 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$110no data
Current price$66 (0.6x MSRP)$12.95
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Phenom X3 8250e has 141% better value for money than Pentium E5700.

Technical specs

Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e 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)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size82 mm2285 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million450 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e 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+
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-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
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e 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 E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e.

PCIe version2.0no data

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 E5700 0.70
Phenom X3 8250e 0.71
+1.4%

Phenom X3 8250e outperforms Pentium E5700 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


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 E5700 1082
Phenom X3 8250e 1084
+0.2%

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.70 0.71
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm

We couldn't decide between Pentium E5700 and Phenom X3 8250e. The differences in performance seem too small.


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