Pentium III 500E: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Pentium III 500E sales 25 October 1999 at a recommended price of $239. Based on a Coppermine architecture, this desktop processor is primarily aimed at home systems. It has 1 core and 1 thread, and is based on 180 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 370 processor with a TDP of 13 Watt and a maximum temperature of 85 °C.

Primary details

Pentium III 500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Coppermine (1999−2001)
Release date	25 October 1999 (24 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$239	of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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 cores	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	1
Boost clock speed	0.5 GHz	of 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache	32 KB	of 7475.2 KB (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	256 KB	of 86016 KB (EPYC 9634)
Chip lithography	180 nm	of 0.18 µm (K6-2+/450ACZ)
Die size	106 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	85 °C	of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors	28 million	of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 500E 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 configuration	2	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	370
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Pentium III 500E.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium III 500E. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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