Intel Pentium E6500 vs Pentium E6700

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Combined performance score

Pentium E6700
0.76
+1.3%

Pentium E6700 outperforms Pentium E6500 by 1% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25082524
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.160.74
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date30 May 2010 (13 years old)August 2009 (14 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$80$50
Current price$23 (0.3x MSRP)$39 (0.8x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E6700 has 462% better value for money than Pentium E6500.

Technical specs

Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500 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 speed3.2 GHz2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.93 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size82 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C74 °C
Number of transistors228 million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V0.85V – 1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500 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
SocketLGA775LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500.

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 E6700 0.76
+1.3%
Pentium E6500 0.75

Pentium E6700 outperforms Pentium E6500 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 E6700 1169
+1.8%
Pentium E6500 1148

Pentium E6700 outperforms Pentium E6500 by 2% 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: 42%

Pentium E6700 380
+9.8%
Pentium E6500 346

Pentium E6700 outperforms Pentium E6500 by 10% 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: 42%

Pentium E6700 629
+9%
Pentium E6500 577

Pentium E6700 outperforms Pentium E6500 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.76 0.75
Cost $80 $50

We couldn't decide between Pentium E6700 and Pentium E6500. The differences in performance seem too small.


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