3020e vs Pentium E6500K

Primary details

Comparing Pentium E6500K and 3020e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2121
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	24.15
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	9 August 2009 (15 years ago)	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium E6500K and 3020e 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.93 GHz	2.6 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Die size	82 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	228 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	+	-
VID voltage range	0.85V – 1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium E6500K and 3020e 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	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium E6500K and 3020e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
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 E6500K and 3020e 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 E6500K and 3020e are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium E6500K and 3020e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium E6500K and 3020e.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 August 2009	4 August 2020
Chip lithography	45 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

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