K6-2/500AFX vs Pentium E5800

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2680not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.38no data
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD K6-2
Power efficiency1.08no data
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)K6-2 (1998−1999)
Release date28 November 2010 (14 years ago)26 February 1999 (25 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$68no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads21
Base clock speed3.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data99.99 MT/s
Multiplierno data5
L1 cache64 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache2 MB (shared)no data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm0.25 µm
Die size82 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million9 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX. 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

Security technologies

Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX 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 E5800 and K6-2/500AFX are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 November 2010 26 February 1999
Physical cores 2 1
Threads 2 1

Pentium E5800 has an age advantage of 11 years, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Pentium E5800 and K6-2/500AFX. We've got no test results to judge.


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