Pentium G5500 vs Pentium E5200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2800	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.13	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.86	no data
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date	August 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.8 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	6144 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	LGA775	1151
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	51 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5200 and Pentium G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR4

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	51 Watt

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