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Athlon II X2 260 vs Pentium Dual-Core E2180


Description
The 260 is based on K10 architecture while the E2180 is based on Core.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the 260 gets a score of 27.5 k points while the E2180 gets 13.9 k points.

Summarizing, the 260 is 2 times faster than the E2180 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
100f63
6fd
Core
Regor
Allendale
Architecture
Base frecuency
3.2 GHz
2 GHz
Socket
Socket AM3
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x128 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
2x1024 kB
1024 kB
Cache L3
kB
0 kB
Date
May 2010
August 2007
Mean monothread perf.
17.05k points
7.55k points
Mean multithread perf.
27.54k points
13.89k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
260
E2180
Test#1 (Integers)
6.04k
2.31k (x0.38)
Test#2 (FP)
6.2k
2.08k (x0.34)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.11k
2.1k (x0.68)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.7k
1.06k (x0.63)
TOTAL
17.05k
7.55k (x0.44)

Multithread

260

E2180
Test#1 (Integers)
10.02k
4.57k (x0.46)
Test#2 (FP)
10.18k
4.11k (x0.4)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.1k
4.14k (x0.81)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.25k
1.07k (x0.47)
TOTAL
27.54k
13.89k (x0.5)

Performance/W
260
E2180
Test#1 (Integers)
154 points/W
70 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
157 points/W
63 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
78 points/W
64 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
35 points/W
16 points/W
TOTAL
424 points/W
214 points/W

Performance/GHz
260
E2180
Test#1 (Integers)
1886 points/GHz
1153 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
1939 points/GHz
1042 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
971 points/GHz
1050 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
532 points/GHz
532 points/GHz
TOTAL
5328 points/GHz
3777 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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