Pentium Dual-Core E2160: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.41% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Pentium Dual-Core E2160 sales on June 2007. This is a Conroe architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 65 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 775 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.
Primary details
Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2998 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Conroe (2006−2007) | |
| Release date | June 2007 (17 years ago) |
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 | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 77 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 105 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual-Core E2160 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 | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | 775 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Pentium Dual-Core E2160's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Pentium Dual-Core E2160. 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.
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.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Pentium Dual-Core E2160 is Athlon 64 FX-53, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Pentium Dual-Core E2160, according to our PC configuration statistics.
These are the fastest graphics cards for Pentium Dual-Core E2160 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1385 configurations using Pentium Dual-Core E2160 in our database.
