Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

What is the difference between Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4600
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Performance (Benchmarks)

290Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score275
521Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score503
5733DMark Time Spy Physics Score

Processor Specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E4600ProcessorAMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
2400 MHzFrequency2800 MHz
2Cores2
2Threads2
65 WTDP89 W
ConroeCodenameBrisbane, Windsor
LGA775PackageSocket AM2 (940)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

290Single-Core Score273
448Multi-Core Score514
Geekbench 5.3.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro (64-bit)
Dell Inc. OptiPlex 745ModelHP ProLiant ML115 G5
Dell Inc. 0WF810Motherboard
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core 2 Duo E4600NameAMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+
1 Processor, 2 CoresTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 13IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 15 Model 67 Stepping 3
2.39 GHzBase Frequency2.80 GHz
2.39 GHzMaximum Frequency2800 MHz
Socket 775 LGAPackageSocket AM2 (940)
ConroeCodenameWindsor
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache64.0 KB x 2
2.00 MB x 1L2 Cache1.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

2.00 GBSize2.00 GB
Frequency399 MHz
DDR2 SDRAMTypeDDR2 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

290Single-Core Score273
42Crypto Score47
318Integer Score321
269Floating Point Score 205
42
74.0 MB/sec		AES-XTS47
82.3 MB/sec
358
1.81 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)452
2.29 MB/sec
397
18.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression384
18.2 Mpixels/sec
240
675.4 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)316
892.3 KTE/sec
322
378.2 KElements/sec		HTML5320
375.6 KElements/sec
368
115.3 Krows/sec		SQLite292
91.4 Krows/sec
342
18.6 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering334
18.1 Mpixels/sec
275
87.5 KB/sec		Text Rendering276
87.9 KB/sec
335
2.61 Klines/sec		Clang366
2.86 Klines/sec
261
3.02 images/sec		Camera211
2.45 images/sec
171
213.5 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics211
263.6 Kpairs/sec
333
2063.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics321
1986.8 FPS
113
6.19 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur113
6.21 Mpixels/sec
392
3.01 images/sec		Face Detection224
1.72 images/sec
389
9.59 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection230
5.67 Mpixels/sec
376
18.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting289
14.2 Mpixels/sec
633
8.63 Mpixels/sec		HDR397
5.41 Mpixels/sec
384
308.7 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing224
179.6 Kpixels/sec
222
1.99 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion121
1.08 Kpixels/sec
261
8.33 Words/sec		Speech Recognition255
8.16 Words/sec
104
4.02 images/sec		Machine Learning86
3.32 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

448Multi-Core Score514
75Crypto Score91
475Integer Score582
450Floating Point Score 438
75
130.1 MB/sec		AES-XTS91
159.5 MB/sec
545
2.76 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)853
4.31 MB/sec
715
33.8 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression744
35.2 Mpixels/sec
324
913.9 KTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)485
1.37 MTE/sec
586
688.0 KElements/sec		HTML5559
656.1 KElements/sec
494
154.6 Krows/sec		SQLite584
183.1 Krows/sec
446
24.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering562
30.5 Mpixels/sec
367
117.0 KB/sec		Text Rendering484
154.1 KB/sec
565
4.40 Klines/sec		Clang697
5.43 Klines/sec
365
4.23 images/sec		Camera403
4.67 images/sec
251
314.3 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics384
480.4 Kpairs/sec
496
3070.3 FPS		Rigid Body Physics639
3956.8 FPS
462
25.4 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur235
12.9 Mpixels/sec
562
4.33 images/sec		Face Detection436
3.35 images/sec
573
14.1 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection485
11.9 Mpixels/sec
577
28.3 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting801
39.3 Mpixels/sec
1034
14.1 Mpixels/sec		HDR1008
13.7 Mpixels/sec
685
550.4 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing589
473.0 Kpixels/sec
380
3.40 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion287
2.57 Kpixels/sec
318
10.2 Words/sec		Speech Recognition441
14.1 Words/sec
167
6.46 images/sec		Machine Learning154
5.95 images/sec