Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium E6500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?

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Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA775

Clockspeed: 2.9 GHz

Cores: 2 Threads: 2

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB

Other names: Genuine Intel(R) CPU E6500 @ 2.93GHz, Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU E6500 @ 2.93GHz, Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6500 @ 2.93GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2009

CPUmark/$Price: 14.02

Overall Rank:
3574th fastest in multithreading out of 4844 CPUs
2679th fastest in single threading out of 4844 CPUs
1094th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $83.60 USD (2024-09-13)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1172

Single Thread Rating

1244

²
Samples: 519*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 1,789
Thread: 1,190

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 E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Integer Math	5,358 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,084 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,351 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	310.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,203 KBytes/Sec
Physics	106 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	429 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,244 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 17th of September 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of September 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of September 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Merchant	Price	Purchase
	$83.60 USD	Buy Now!
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models
	NA	CPU Not Available. See Other Models

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 17th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,108
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,482
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		39,125
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,607
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,887
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,869
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,270
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,750
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,535
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,168
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,172

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 17th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		197.55
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		183.17
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		167.59
Intel Core i9-12900K		149.85
Intel Core i9-13900K		134.57
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.61
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		57.09
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		14.02
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 17th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,623
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,163
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,030
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,908
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,807
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,693
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,469
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,360
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,929
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,567
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,244

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2167434 - Aug 12 2024		1295
BL2159373 - Aug 02 2024		1317
BL2108934 - May 25 2024		1278
BL2107228 - May 23 2024		1328
BL2083010 - Apr 21 2024		1309

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
As of 17th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,172
AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,079 (-7.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,203 (+2.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,136 (-3.1%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,058 (-9.7%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E6500		987 (-15.8%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		977 (-16.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 265 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,267 (+8.1%)
AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,086 (-7.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,376 (+17.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,160 (-1.0%)
Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,108 (-5.5%)
AMD Athlon II X3 415e vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,441 (+22.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 17th of September 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		9,410
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,262
Intel Core i9-14900KS		9,201
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,036
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,498
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,393
Intel Core i9-14900K		8,091
Intel Core i9-14900KF		7,964
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,831
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,778
Intel Core i7-13790F		7,746
Intel Core i7-14700K		7,533
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		191

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