Athlon 3000G vs Pentium E6500

Aggregate performance score

Pentium E6500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.74
Athlon 3000G
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
2.82
+281%

Athlon 3000G outperforms Pentium E6500 by a whopping 281% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26641670
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.745.27
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency1.087.63
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Zen+ (2018−2019)
Release date9 August 2009 (15 years ago)21 November 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$50$49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Athlon 3000G has 612% better value for money than Pentium E6500.

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.93 GHz3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed0.93 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data35
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size82 mm2209.78 mm2?
Maximum core temperature74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.85V – 1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow-+
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G 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 E6500 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB?
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500 and Athlon 3000G.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data6

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 E6500 0.74
Athlon 3000G 2.82
+281%

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 E6500 1172
Athlon 3000G 4484
+283%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium E6500 339
Athlon 3000G 956
+182%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium E6500 552
Athlon 3000G 1958
+255%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.74 2.82
Recency 9 August 2009 21 November 2019
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Athlon 3000G has a 281.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 3000G is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E6500 in performance tests.


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