Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Price and performance details for the Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA775

Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache Size: L1: 128 KB, L2: 2.0 MB, L3: 0 MB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 15.56

Overall Rank: 3534

Last Price Change: $59.49 USD (2020-11-18)

Average CPU Mark

925

Single Thread Rating: 1031²
Samples: 1497*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,508
Thread: 1,046

²Single thread rating may be higher than the overall rating, thread performance is just one component of the CPU Mark.

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Integer Math	4,039 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,597 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,768 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	250.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	20,494 KBytes/Sec
Physics	87 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	337 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,031 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 9th of December 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of December 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of December 2023.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$59.49 USD	Buy Now!
	$93.00 USD	Buy Now!
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Pricing History

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,534
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,402
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,712
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,607
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,030
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,927
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,380
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,779
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,408
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,198
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		925

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		212.95
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.82
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.19
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.29
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.45
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.87
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.53
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		15.56
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,648
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,185
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,049
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,943
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,841
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,708
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,939
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,662
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		1,031

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1950345 - Nov 19 2023		767
BL1924114 - Oct 14 2023		1145
BL1917354 - Oct 04 2023		697
BL1901625 - Sep 11 2023		1167
BL1899761 - Sep 08 2023		1175

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		925
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,017 (+9.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		907 (-2.0%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		899 (-2.9%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		839 (-9.4%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium E5300		809 (-12.6%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,127 (+21.8%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,118 (+20.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		996 (+7.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		967 (+4.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		940 (+1.6%)
Intel Celeron E3300 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		839 (-9.4%)
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		718 (-22.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 9th of December 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,226
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,075
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,568
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,423
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,392
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,230
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,896
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,809
Intel Core i5-14600K		7,684
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX		7,602
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,544
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,517
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		157

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