Athlon X2 BE-2400 vs Pentium E2220

Aggregate performance score

Pentium E2220
2008
65 Watt
0.53
+26.2%
Athlon X2 BE-2400
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 45 Watt
0.42

Pentium E2220 outperforms Athlon X2 BE-2400 by a significant 26% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28502967
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.770.88
Architecture codenameno dataBrisbane (2007−2008)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)October 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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 data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed2.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.3 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Maximum core temperature73 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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
SocketLGA775AM2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 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 E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

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.

Pentium E2220 0.53
+26.2%
Athlon X2 BE-2400 0.42

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.

Pentium E2220 842
+24.9%
Athlon X2 BE-2400 674

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.42
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium E2220 has a 26.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon X2 BE-2400, on the other hand, has 44.4% lower power consumption.

The Pentium E2220 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon X2 BE-2400 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium E2220 and Athlon X2 BE-2400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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