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.
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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: 24.11

Overall Rank:
4300th fastest in multithreading out of 5787 CPUs
3308th fastest in single threading out of 5787 CPUs
1244th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $47.25 USD (2026-01-31)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1139

Single Thread Rating

1207

^%
Samples: 531*
*Margin for error: Low

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

^%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 E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Integer Math	5,147 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,921 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,226 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	303.9 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	24,066 KBytes/Sec
Physics	103 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	427 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,207 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 15th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 11th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th 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 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,450
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,291
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,701
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,582
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,084
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,139

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.23
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.39
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.95
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.60
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		24.11
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 15th 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 E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,207

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3193599 - Jan 07 2026		468
BL3193550 - Jan 07 2026		290
BL2968153 - Oct 11 2025		1313
BL2936493 - Sep 27 2025		1014
BL2738201 - Jul 03 2025		1144

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

Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		1,139
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,194 (+4.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,128 (-1.0%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,007 (-11.6%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium E6500		942 (-17.3%)
Intel Pentium E5200 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		938 (-17.6%)
AMD Phenom II X2 545 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,236 (+8.4%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,217 (+6.8%)
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,184 (+3.9%)
Intel Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,051 (-7.8%)
Intel Pentium E6300 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,032 (-9.4%)
Intel Pentium E5400 @ 2.70GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500		1,011 (-11.3%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5400+ vs Intel Pentium E6500		907 (-20.4%)

Is the Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 15th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,430
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,258
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,793
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,517
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,381
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,775
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz		185

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