Intel Pentium E6500 2-core LGA775
The 45nm Wolfdale architecture delivers a 65W TDP and a 1066 MHz FSB, making it a cool-running option for legacy LGA 775 systems. Its 2MB L2 cache and 2.93 GHz clock speed provide adequate responsiveness for basic tasks on aging platforms. This processor is best for users maintaining vintage Windows XP or 7 machines for retro computing and simple office work.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong feature (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| Brand | Intel |
| Series | Pentium |
| Model | E6500 |
| Codename | Wolfdale |
| Class | desktop |
| Process | 45 |
Cores & Clocks
| Cores | 2 |
| P-cores | 4 |
| Threads | 4 |
| Base Clock | 2930 |
| Boost Clock | 3600 |
Cache
| L2 Cache | 2 |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB |
Performance
| PassMark Multi | 5601 |
| PassMark Single | 2089 |
Memory
| Memory Type | DDR4 |
| Max Speed | 2133 |
| Max Memory | 64 |
| ECC | No |
Platform & Power
| Socket | LGA 775 |
| PCIe | 3 |
| PCIe Lanes | 16 |
| TDP | 65 |
| Unlocked | No |
Graphics & AI
| Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Intel Pentium E6500 | AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | SMC EPYC 9555P | HP Xeon P67080-B21 | fosa1 fosa4ycn78izud | Dell Xeon 641329687376-cr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cores | 2 | 8 | 64 | 16 | 6 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 16 | 128 | 32 | 12 | 8 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 3600 | 5200 | 4400 | 3900 | 3060 | 2700 |
| L3 Cache Mb | 6 | 96 | 256 | 37.5 | 12 | 12 |
| Tdp W | 65 | 120 | 360 | 195 | 95 | 80 |
| Socket | LGA 775 | AM5 | AMD Socket SP5 | LGA 4677 | LGA1366 | LGA 1366 |
| Integrated Graphics | HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon Graphics | - | No | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Feature | Platform | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Multi Thread | Social Proof | Single Thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Pentium E6500 | 52.4 | 69.4 | 53.3 | 79 | 52.5 | 41.8 | 84.9 | 58 |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Compare | 91.2 | 98.4 | 95.1 | 92.6 | 87.5 | 90 | 96.5 | 95.6 |
| SMC EPYC 9555P Compare | 99.3 | 76.8 | 96.7 | 0 | 90.6 | 99.5 | 1.5 | 88.7 |
| HP Xeon P67080-B21 Compare | 91.7 | 76.8 | 90.6 | 0 | 78 | 90.8 | 1.5 | 80.3 |
| fosa1 fosa4ycn78izud Compare | 25.7 | 20.1 | 64.8 | 0 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 65 | 36.1 |
| Dell Xeon 641329687376-cr Compare | 30.4 | 41.4 | 17.5 | 0 | 36.4 | 31.6 | 10.5 | 23.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From ¥12,265
We started tracking prices for this product on Jun 15, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
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