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| Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs AMD Athlon II X2 240 |
Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E8400
![]() | Higher clock speed 3 GHz | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.22 GHz |
![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.23 GHz |
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Released July, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 240
- 2.8 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 240
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | ![]() | Higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C |
![]() | Newer Jul, 2009 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
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Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | vs | 3.67 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.23 GHz | vs | 2.8 GHz | More than 50% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 32 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Higher Maximum operating temperature | 74 °C | vs | 72.4 °C | Almost the same | |||
Newer | Jul, 2009 | vs | Jan, 2008 | Release date over 1 years later |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E8400 vs Athlon II X2 240
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
2,982
Athlon II X2 240
2,624
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
1,625
Athlon II X2 240
1,423
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
128,000 MB/s
Athlon II X2 240
112,300 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
2,826
Athlon II X2 240
2,513
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
3,092
Athlon II X2 240
4,487
GeekBench
Core2 Duo E8400
4,794
Athlon II X2 240
4,487
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Core2 Duo E8400
2,160
Athlon II X2 240
1,642
PassMark (Single Core)
Core2 Duo E8400
1,251
Athlon II X2 240
938
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Athlon II X2 240 |
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Clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 775 | |||
AM3 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE4a | |||
AVX 1.1 | |||
SSE2 | |||
F16C | |||
MMX | |||
XOP | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
CLMUL | |||
AMD64 | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
FMA4 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
CVT16 | |||
AMD-V | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
AES | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 65W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.83 pt/W | 1.67 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
Clock speed | 1,333 MHz | 2,000 MHz |
details | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Athlon II X2 240 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 2 | |
L2 cache | 6 MB | 2 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 45 nm | 32 nm | |
Transistor count | 410,000,000 | 1,303,000,000 | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.4°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 125 | 23 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 4.22 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.23 GHz | 2.8 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | 3.67 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | None | None | |
Label | N/A | N/A | |
Latest DirectX | N/A | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | N/A | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | N/A | N/A | |
3DMark06 | N/A | N/A |
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