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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?

This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]


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: 34.80

Overall Rank:
3746th fastest in multithreading out of 5039 CPUs
2832nd fastest in single threading out of 5039 CPUs
1135th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $34.00 USD (2025-03-29)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
1183
Single Thread Rating
1245
2
Samples: 525*
*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 Math5,409 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math3,073 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers5 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting3,370 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption313.2 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression25,145 KBytes/Sec
Physics107 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions435 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread1,245 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 31st of March 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 28th of March 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 28th of March 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$34.00 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
BestBuy.comNACPU Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-13900K
 58,757
Intel Core i9-12900K
 41,335
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 39,050
Intel Core i7-12700K
 34,492
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 22,126
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 21,870
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 18,195
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 17,717
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 15,640
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
 1,183
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 224.27
Intel Core i9-13900K
 108.61
Intel Core i7-12700K
 84.33
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
 34.80
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 NA
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 NA
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 NA
Intel Core i9-12900K
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-13900K
 4,612
Intel Core i9-12900K
 4,144
Intel Core i7-12700K
 4,018
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz
 3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz
 3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,682
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
 3,470
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
 3,363
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz
 2,923
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
 2,564
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
 1,245
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2489036 - Mar 18 2025
1354
BL2486177 - Mar 16 2025
1350
BL2475038 - Mar 12 2025
1332
BL2470510 - Mar 10 2025
1320
BL2364741 - Jan 24 2025
1295
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
 1,183
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,169 (-1.2%)
AMD Phenom II X2 550 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,155 (-2.4%)
AMD Athlon II X2 245 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,125 (-4.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 240e vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,007 (-14.9%)
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 994 (-16.0%)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ vs Intel Pentium E6500
 936 (-20.9%)
AMD Phenom II X2 B55 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,204 (+1.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,053 (-11.0%)
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,002 (-15.3%)
Intel Core2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500
 990 (-16.3%)
AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,316 (+11.3%)
Intel Pentium G6950 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Pentium E6500
 1,238 (+4.7%)

Is the Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz Good for Gaming?
As of 31st of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
 12,190
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
 11,360
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
 10,855
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
 10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
 10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
 10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
 9,824
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
 9,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
 9,533
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
 9,449
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
 9,431
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
 9,328
Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz
 192