Pentium E6300: specs and benchmarks

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Pentium E6300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.65

Pentium E6300 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.65% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Pentium E6300 sales 9 May 2009 at a recommended price of $40. This is a Wolfdale architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.8 and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA775 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Pentium E6300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2764
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.59
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.95of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date9 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$40of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed2.8 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Die size82 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
Number of transistors228 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6300 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Demand Based Switching-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d-
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium E6300's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium E6300.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium E6300. Overall benchmark performance 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 E6300 0.65

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 E6300 1032

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 E6300 295

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 E6300 465

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Pentium E6300's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


A4-3420 101.54
Pentium E6300 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium E6300 is A4-3420, which is faster by 2% and higher by 9 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Pentium E6300:

A4-3420 101.54
Pentium E6300 100

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