Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz

Benchmarks for the Intel Pentium E2140 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.

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Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA775, PLGA775

Clockspeed: 1.6 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 1024 KB

Other names: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60GHz

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008

CPUmark/$Price: 9.72

Overall Rank:
5043rd fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
4658th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
1397th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $54.79 USD (2026-02-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

533

Single Thread Rating

565

^%
Samples: 365*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 879
Thread: 607

^%Single 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 E2140 @ 1.60GHz

Integer Math	2,013 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	1,237 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	2 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	1,659 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	157.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	11,526 KBytes/Sec
Physics	62 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	204 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	565 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,457
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,302
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,944
Apple M4 10 Core		23,698
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,844
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,577
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,091
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz		533

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		170.63
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		159.60
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.25
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.65
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.36
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.97
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.63
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz		9.72
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz		565

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3252533 - Jan 30 2026		491
BL2930948 - Sep 24 2025		558
BL2930905 - Sep 24 2025		403
BL2920542 - Sep 20 2025		691
BL2763676 - Jul 14 2025		153

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz		533
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+ vs Intel Pentium E2140		618 (+16.0%)
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E2140		663 (+24.5%)
AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 vs Intel Pentium E2140		404 (-24.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5800+ vs Intel Pentium E2140		653 (+22.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core TK-55 vs Intel Pentium E2140		518 (-2.7%)
AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E2140		1,058 (+98.7%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E2140		1,051 (+97.3%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium E2140		1,011 (+89.8%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E2140		938 (+76.2%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs Intel Pentium E2140		907 (+70.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs Intel Pentium E2140		854 (+60.3%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium E2140		846 (+58.9%)

Is the Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,421
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,259
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,792
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,515
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,389
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,259
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,216
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,777
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.60GHz		99

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