AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium E5300

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,357

Rank #1,460

vs
4,166

Rank #1,727

4,357
4,166

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 4.4% (Rank #1460 vs #1727)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,355

Rank #1,435

vs
4,144

Rank #1,636

4,355
4,144

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 4.8% (Rank #1435 vs #1636)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

4,360

Rank #1,552

vs
4,199

Rank #2,012

4,360
4,199

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 3.7% (Rank #1552 vs #2012)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,491

Rank #1,600

vs
4,485

Rank #1,635

4,491
4,485

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 0.1% (Rank #1600 vs #1635)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,477

Rank #1,469

vs
4,457

Rank #1,613

4,477
4,457

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 0.4% (Rank #1469 vs #1613)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,470

Rank #1,597

vs
4,455

Rank #1,683

4,470
4,455

Athlon II X2 270 wins by 0.3% (Rank #1597 vs #1683)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Athlon II X2 270 Pentium E5300 Diff
Cores
2
2
0%
Threads
2
4
-50%
Base Frequency
3,330 MHz
1,400 MHz
+58%
Clock Multiplier
17x
13x
+23.5%
L1 Cache --
62 KB
L2 Cache --
2 MiB
Memory Channels
2
2
0%
Maximum Memory
0 GB
0 GB
+75%
Max Bandwidth
17 GB/s
21 GB/s
-20.2%
PCIe Lanes
12
16
-25%
Max CPUs
1
1
0%
TDP (lower is better)
65 W
17 W
73.8% more
Process (lower is better)
45 nm
32 nm
28.9% more

General Information

Specification Athlon II X2 270 Pentium E5300
Designer AMD Intel
Model Number E8600 i5-2537M
Core Name Regor Wolfdale
Socket LGA775 FCBGA1023
Package µPGA FC-LGA8
Memory Type DDR3 1066 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC Support No No
PCIe Revision 2.0 2.0
PCIe Configuration x1 (6), x2 (4), x4 (3) 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Market Segment Desktop Desktop
Locked Multiplier Yes Yes

Designer

Athlon II X2 270
AMD
Pentium E5300
Intel

Model Number

Athlon II X2 270
E8600
Pentium E5300
i5-2537M

Core Name

Athlon II X2 270
Regor
Pentium E5300
Wolfdale

Socket

Athlon II X2 270
LGA775
Pentium E5300
FCBGA1023

Package

Athlon II X2 270
µPGA
Pentium E5300
FC-LGA8

Memory Type

Athlon II X2 270
DDR3 1066
Pentium E5300
DDR3 1066/1333

ECC Support

Athlon II X2 270
No
Pentium E5300
No

PCIe Revision

Athlon II X2 270
2.0
Pentium E5300
2.0

PCIe Configuration

Athlon II X2 270
x1 (6), x2 (4), x4 (3)
Pentium E5300
1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Market Segment

Athlon II X2 270
Desktop
Pentium E5300
Desktop

Locked Multiplier

Athlon II X2 270
Yes
Pentium E5300
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Athlon II X2 270 Pentium E5300
Process 45 nm 32 nm
Die Area 117 mm² 82 mm²
Transistor Count 0.00 billion 0.00 billion
Manufacturer -- Intel
Word Size 64-bit 64-bit

Process

Athlon II X2 270
45 nm
Pentium E5300
32 nm

Die Area

Athlon II X2 270
117 mm²
Pentium E5300
82 mm²

Transistor Count

Athlon II X2 270
0.00 billion
Pentium E5300
0.00 billion

Manufacturer

Athlon II X2 270
--
Pentium E5300
Intel

Word Size

Athlon II X2 270
64-bit
Pentium E5300
64-bit

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU specifications comparison


Specification Athlon II X2 270 Pentium E5300
GPU HD Graphics HD Graphics 3000
GPU Designer Intel Intel
GPU Max Frequency 1000 MHz 900 MHz

GPU

Athlon II X2 270
HD Graphics
Pentium E5300
HD Graphics 3000

GPU Designer

Athlon II X2 270
Intel
Pentium E5300
Intel

GPU Max Frequency

Athlon II X2 270
1000 MHz
Pentium E5300
900 MHz

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Athlon II X2 270 Pentium E5300
3DNow!
AES
AMD-V
AVX2
EIST
EPT
FMA
Flex Memory
HT
IPT
MMX
SIPP
SMEP
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
Secure Key
TSX
TXT
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-64