Celeron B820 vs Pentium E6500

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium E6500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.74
+45.1%
Celeron B820
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.51

Pentium E6500 outperforms Celeron B820 by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26642873
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.071.37
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date9 August 2009 (15 years ago)1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$50$86

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.93 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.93 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB (shared)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size82 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C100 °C
Number of transistors228 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V – 1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 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)
SocketLGA775FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 are enumerated here.

VT-d--
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)Intel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500 and Celeron B820.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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
+45.1%
Celeron B820 0.51

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
+46.1%
Celeron B820 802

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
+21.1%
Celeron B820 280

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
+12.2%
Celeron B820 492

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.74 0.51
Recency 9 August 2009 1 July 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium E6500 has a 45.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Celeron B820, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium E6500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B820 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium E6500 is a desktop processor while Celeron B820 is a notebook one.


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