AMD Athlon II X2 260 vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500

The AMD Athlon II X2 260 operates with 2 cores and 2 CPU threads. It run at -- base -- all cores while the TDP is set at 65 W.The processor is attached to the AM3 CPU socket. This version includes -- of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1333 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes. Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C. In particular, Propus Architecture is enhanced with 45 nm technology and supports AMD-V. The product was launched on Q2/2010

The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 operates with 5 cores and 2 CPU threads. It run at 1.00 GHz (4.40 GHz) base 0.70 GHz (3.30 GHz) all cores while the TDP is set at 45 W.The processor is attached to the BGA 1744 CPU socket. This version includes 8.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip, supports 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels to support DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes. Tjunction keeps below 100 °C degrees C. In particular, Alder Lake U Architecture is enhanced with 10 nm technology and supports VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d. The product was launched on Q1/2022