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Intel Pentium E6500

Processor Released Aug 9, 2009

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Thermal design power: 65 W

Benchmark results

PassMark · version unreported · cpuMark1,073^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark · version unreported · threadMark1,210^*Platform unreported Compare results
PassMark CPU Mark · version unreported · CPU Mark1,060^* pointsPlatform unreported Compare results
Reported score · version unreported · mark1,761^*Platform unreported Compare results

Processing & platform

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Base clock: 2.93 GHz
CPU reference clock: 266 MHz^*
Reported CPU clock: 2.933 GHz^*
L2 cache: 2 MB
Architecture: Wolfdale^*
Socket / package: LGA 775
Process node: 45 nm^*
Reported chip die area: 82 mm²^*
Chip/package TDP: 65 W^*
Transistors: 228 million^*

Cache hierarchy

L2 / total
Level
L2
Scope
total
Size
2 MB
L2^*
Size
2 MB^*
Level
L2^*
Scope
L2 Cache^*

Compatible sockets

LGA 775

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 65 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 21 fields

Product Collection: Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor^*
Processor Base Frequency: 2.93^* GHz
Cache: 2 MB L2^*
Bus Speed: 1066 MHz FSB^*
TDP: 65^* W
Embedded Options Available: Yes^*
Vertical Segment: Desktop^*
Processor Number: E6500^*
T: 74.1°C^*
Intel Hyper Threading Technology: No^*
Intel Virtualization Technology VTx: Yes^*
Intel 64: Yes^*
Status: End of Interactive Support^*
Instruction Set: 64-bit^*
Idle States: Yes^*
Thermal Monitoring Technologies: Yes^*
Execute Disable Bit: Yes^*
Launch Date: Q1'08^*
Lithography: 45^* nm
Recommended Customer Price: $68.00 - $75.00^*
nb of Cores: 2^*

Specifications 2 · 8 fields

Release: Aug 9th, 2009^*
Name: Pentium E6500^*
Codename: Wolfdale^*
Cores: 2^*
Clock: 2.933^* GHz
Socket: Socket 775^*
Process: 45^* nm
TDP: 65^* W

Specifications 3 · 12 fields

name: Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz^*
cores: 2^*
logicals: 1^*
samples: 504^*
price: 95.71^*
tdp: 65^*
date: 2009-11-01^*
socket: LGA775^*
category: Desktop^*
speed: 2,930^*
turbo: 0^*
cpuCount: 1^*

Specifications 4 · 29 fields

name: Pentium E6500^*
Release Date: Aug 9th, 2009^*
Part#: SLGUH^*
Frequency: 2.933^* GHz
Base Clock: 266^* MHz
Multiplier: 11.0x^*
Multiplier Unlocked: No^*
Voltage: 1.3625^* V
Codename: Wolfdale^*
Socket: Intel Socket 775^*
Generation: Pentium Dual-Core (Wolfdale)^*
Memory Support: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3^*
ECC Memory: No^*
# of Cores: 2^*
# of Threads: 2^*
SMP # CPUs: 1^*
Integrated Graphics: On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)^*
Cache L1: 64 KB (per core)^*
Cache L2: 2 MB (shared)^*
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, Intel 64, EIST, XD bit, VT-x^*
Foundry: Intel^*
Memory Bus: Dual-channel^*
PCI-Express: Gen 2^*
Process Size: 45^* nm
Transistors: 228 million^*
Die Size: 82^* mm²
Package: FC-LGA8^*
Market: Desktop^*
Production Status: End-of-life^*

Specifications 5 · 2 fields

brand: Intel^*
name: Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz^*

Specifications 6 · 10 fields

Foundry: Intel^*
Vendor: Intel^*
Product: Intel Pentium E6500^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2009-08-09^*
Process Size (nm): 45^* nm
TDP (W): 65^* W
Die Size (mm^2): 82^* mm²
Transistors (million): 228^*
Freq (MHz): 2,933^* MHz

Specifications 7 · 16 fields

cache size: 2,048^*
tdp: 65^*
socket: LGA775^*
cores: 2^*
manufacturer Processor benchmark result: intel^*
vertical segment: Desktop^*
status: Discontinued^*
max temp: 74.1^*
threads: 2^*
name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
rating Processor benchmark result: 1,060^*
processor number: E6500^*
launch date: 2008-02-01^*
lithography: 45^*
bus speed: 1,066^*
base frequency: 2,930^*

Specifications 8 · 34 fields

Recommended Customer Price

$68.00-$75.00^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Price scope: Historical source recommendation; not a current retail offer. The original currency notation is retained.^*

Total Cores

2^*

Processor Base Frequency

2.93^* GHz

Cache

2.0^* MB

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

Cache description: L2 Cache^*
Original declaration: 2 MB L2 Cache^*

Bus Speed

1,066^* MHz

TDP

65^* W

VID Voltage Range

0.8500V – 1.3625V^*

Marketing Status

Discontinued^*

Launch Date

Q1'08^*

Servicing Status

End of Servicing Updates^*

Embedded Options Available

Yes^*

Sockets Supported

LGA775^*

TCASE

74.1^* °C

Processing Die Size

82 mm2^*

# of Processing Die Transistors

228 million^*

Max CPU Configuration

1^*

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡

No^*

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡

No^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡

Yes^*

Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡

No^*

Intel® 64 ‡

Yes^*

Instruction Set

64-bit^*

Idle States

Yes^*

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology

Yes^*

Intel® Demand Based Switching

No^*

Thermal Monitoring Technologies

Yes^*

Product Collection

Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor^*

Vertical Segment

Desktop^*

Intel® AES New Instructions

No^*

Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡

No^*

Execute Disable Bit ‡

Yes^*

Processor Number

E6500^*

Lithography

45^* nm

Use Conditions

PC/Client/Tablet^*

Specifications 9 · 11 fields

name: Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz^*
socket: LGA775^*
category: Desktop^*
price: $157.95^*
mark: 1,761^*
value: 11.15^*
single thread: 1,193^*
single thread value: 7.55^*
tdp: 65^*
powerperf: 27^*
testdate: Nov 2009^*

Specifications 10 · 11 fields

microarchitecture

Wolfdale^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

microarchitecture

Wolfdale^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

2.93^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

Reported core clock

2.93^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)

amount: 89.99^*
currency: USD^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*
scope: Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown^*

USD

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Pentium E6500^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Pentium E6500^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Pentium E6500^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Pentium E6500^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Specifications 11 · 12 fields

cpuName

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93GHz^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

testDate

2,009^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*

socket

LGA775^*

Scope and conditions

benchmark_context

suite: PassMark^*
test_configuration_verified: No^*
comparable: No^*