MediaTek Kompanio 520 vs Pentium E5300

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2818	1923
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.04	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	MediaTek Kompanio 500
Power efficiency	0.83	0.09
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	2x Cortex-A76 / 6x A55
Release date	November 2008 (16 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$64	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.6 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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	no data
Socket	LGA775	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	2000 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520. 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 E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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 MediaTek Kompanio 520 are enumerated here.

VT-d

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5300 and MediaTek Kompanio 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.57	1.99
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	2000 Watt

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