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Intel Core2 Duo E8400
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Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
3.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E8400
 | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.22 GHz | | Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.23 GHz |
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Released June, 2009
AMD Athlon II X2 250
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250
| | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | | Higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C |
| | Newer Jun, 2009 |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E8400 vs 250 among desktop CPUs (45 to 75W)
Performance | |
Benchmark performance using all cores | |
| PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more | |
Single-core Performance | |
Individual core benchmark performance | |
| PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more | |
Integrated Graphics | |
Integrated GPU performance for graphics | |
| Fire Strike | |
Integrated Graphics (OpenCL) | |
Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
How efficiently does the processor use electricity? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 3.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | vs | 3.72 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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| Better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.23 GHz | vs | 4.04 GHz | Around 5% 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 | Jun, 2009 | vs | Jan, 2008 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E8400 vs Athlon II X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Reviews Word on the street
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3 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 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| BMI1 | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| ABM | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| TBM | |||
| 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 | 1.79 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 250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.36V | 0.85 - 1.43V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.4°C | Unknown - 74°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 125 | 25 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.22 GHz | 3.72 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.23 GHz | 4.04 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | 3.72 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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