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: 15.58

Overall Rank: 3462

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

Average CPU Mark

927

Single Thread Rating: 1032²
Samples: 1494*
*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	4,072 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,591 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	4 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	2,767 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	249.4 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	20,550 KBytes/Sec
Physics	87 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	338 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,032 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of October 2023.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of October 2023

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of October 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 4th of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K		59,725
Intel Core i9-12900K		41,460
Intel Core i7-12700K		34,741
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		22,628
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,059
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,934
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,419
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,785
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,471
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,249
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		927

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 4th of October 2023 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		213.01
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		153.96
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		140.23
Intel Core i9-12900K		117.45
Intel Core i9-13900K		104.79
Intel Core i7-12700K		84.94
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		32.60
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		15.58
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 4th of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,665
Intel Core i9-12900K		4,194
Intel Core i7-12700K		4,052
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,955
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,843
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,715
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,359
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,941
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X		2,663
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,569
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		1,032

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL1901625 - Sep 11 2023		1167
BL1899761 - Sep 08 2023		1175
BL1899749 - Sep 08 2023		1164
BL1883304 - Aug 15 2023		1075
BL1867404 - Jul 24 2023		1095

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz
As of 4th of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		927
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,011 (+9.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		907 (-2.2%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		892 (-3.8%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		841 (-9.2%)
AMD Athlon Dual Core 5050e vs Intel Pentium E5300		809 (-12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,123 (+21.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		1,118 (+20.6%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7200 @ 2.53GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		984 (+6.2%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7300 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		974 (+5.1%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium E5300		940 (+1.4%)
Intel Celeron E3300 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		824 (-11.2%)
Intel Pentium E2200 @ 2.20GHz vs Intel Pentium E5300		712 (-23.2%)

Is the Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 4th of October 2023 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		9,182
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		9,096
Intel Core i9-14900KF		8,974
Intel Core i9-13900KS		8,533
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		8,435
Intel Core i9-13900K		7,818
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D		7,812
Intel Core i9-13900KF		7,533
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D		7,239
Intel Core i9-13900F		6,921
Intel Core i9-13900		6,917
Intel Core i7-13700K		6,856
Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz		157

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