Intel Pentium E5300

Intel Pentium E5300
Benchmarks & Specs

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The Intel Pentium E5300, a processor of the Wolfdale architecture, offered a rock-solid foundation for systems of its generation. It was manufactured using an advanced 45 nm manufacturing process. This contributed to remarkable energy efficiency. With 2 MB Level 2 Cache, this processor was well-equipped for many everyday applications.

Its computing power was easily sufficient for office tasks and surfing the internet. The well-known reliability of the Intel Pentium E5300 is an outstanding feature. This CPU is considered a particularly reliable component that still does its job today. Many users benefited from its robust design, which enabled a long service life.

We really appreciate the longevity of this processor series. The Intel Pentium E5300 offered a reasonable balance between cost and performance offered. It represented an important step in Intel's development by making dual-core performance accessible to a broad audience. This processor showed what was possible in its class and set standards.

For basic applications, it still fulfills its purpose today, reliably and efficiently.
  • Architecture: Wolfdale
  • Manufacturing process: 45 nm
  • 2 MB Level 2 Cache
  • High Reliability

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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In segment Desktop
Multi-core performance
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In segment Desktop
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD Athlon II X3 435
3C / 3T · 2.90 GHz
360
AMD Athlon II X4 630
4C / 4T · 2.80 GHz
360
Intel Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
359
AMD Athlon II X2 215
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz
358
AMD Phenom II X4 810
4C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
357
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Atom C3338
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
658
AMD A4-3400
AMD A4-3400 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.70 GHz
643
Intel Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
642
Intel Core2 Duo E4700
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
631
AMD A4-6210
4C / 4T · 1.80 GHz
629
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core2 Duo E8200
2C / 2T · 2.66 GHz
435
Intel Core2 Duo E7300
2C / 2T · 2.66 GHz
428
Intel Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
413
Intel Celeron E3400
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
412
Intel Celeron E3300
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
404

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At a glance

PropertyValue
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
ArchitectureWolfdale (Penryn)
Technology45 nm
SegmentDesktop
SocketLGA 775
Generation2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

PropertyValue
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormal
Cores: 2x Penryn
Frequency: 2.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB
L3-Cache
OverclockingYes

Memory & PCIe

Memory typeMemory bandwidth
DDR3-1333
DDR2-800
21.3 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
PropertyValue
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels2
ECC
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

PropertyValue
TDP65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

PropertyValue
Chip designMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ4/2008
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet
Intel Pentium E5300
Intel Pentium E5300
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