Performance per price, higher is better.
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium E6800
Combined performance score
Athlon II X2 270 outperforms Pentium E6800 by 12% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2519 | 2431 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Value for money | 0.02 | 5.15 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Desktop processor |
Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | Regor (2009−2013) |
Release date | 29 August 2010 (13 years old) | 1 July 2011 (12 years old) |
Launch price (MSRP) | $831 | $100 |
Current price | $129 (0.2x MSRP) | $30 (0.3x MSRP) |
Athlon II X2 270 has 25650% better value for money than Pentium E6800.
Technical specs
Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270 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 | 3.33 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 0.33 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
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 | No |
VID voltage range | 0.85V-1.3625V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270 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 E6800 and Athlon II X2 270. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 | no data |
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 |
Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270 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 E6800 and Athlon II X2 270 are enumerated here.
VT-d | - | no data |
VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR2, DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270.
PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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.
Athlon II X2 270 outperforms Pentium E6800 by 12% 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%
Athlon II X2 270 outperforms Pentium E6800 by 12% 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 E6800 outperforms Athlon II X2 270 by 15% 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 E6800 outperforms Athlon II X2 270 by 21% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 0.75 | 0.84 |
Recency | 29 August 2010 | 1 July 2011 |
Cost | $831 | $100 |
The Athlon II X2 270 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E6800 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E6800 and Athlon II X2 270, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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