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| Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs AMD Athlon II X2 250 |
Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
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
Reasons to buy the AMD Athlon II X2 250
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 32 nm | ![]() | Higher Maximum operating temperature 74 °C |
![]() | Newer Jun, 2009 |
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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 |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E8400 vs Athlon II X2 250
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
2,982
Athlon II X2 250
2,814
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
1,625
Athlon II X2 250
1,524
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
128,000 MB/s
Athlon II X2 250
120,700 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
2,826
Athlon II X2 250
2,690
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Core2 Duo E8400
3,092
Athlon II X2 250
2,929
GeekBench
Core2 Duo E8400
4,794
Athlon II X2 250
4,461
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Core2 Duo E8400
2,160
Athlon II X2 250
1,750
PassMark (Single Core)
Core2 Duo E8400
1,251
Athlon II X2 250
1,008
Reviews Word on the street
Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 | ||
![]() | 9.1 | 9.6 |
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Athlon II X2 250 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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