Pentium 4 506 vs Pentium E2180

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameno dataPrescott (2001−2005)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)June 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506 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 coresno data1 (Single-Core)
Threadsno data1
Base clock speed2 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.66 GHz
L1 cacheno data16 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm90 nm
Die sizeno data109 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °C68 °C
Number of transistorsno data125 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5V1.25V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506 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 configurationno data1
SocketLGA775PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt84 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x--

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E2180 and Pentium 4 506. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 84 Watt

Pentium E2180 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 29.2% lower power consumption.

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