A10-6700T vs Pentium E5300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2816	2170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	0.83	3.04
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	November 2008 (16 years ago)	16 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	4096 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	82 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T 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	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	AVX
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
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 E5300 and A10-6700T 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 E5300 and A10-6700T are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	-	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon™ HD 8650D
Number of pipelines	no data	384
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5300 and A10-6700T.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.57	1.45
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

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