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Intel Core2 Duo E8400
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See full details Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs Core i3 3220 |
Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
5.8 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Core2 Duo E8400
 | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 72.4 °C | | Supports trusted computing Yes |
by Anthony-Garreffa (Sep, 2012)Your GPU setup is more than good enough to run Battlefield 3 at medium-to-high settings at 1920x1080, so I would suggest waiting and upgrading to an Ivy Bridge setup.
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Released September, 2012
Intel Core i3 3220
- 3.3 GHz
- Dual core
7.4 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core i3 3220
| | Much higher clock speed 3.3 GHz | | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
| | Has a built-in GPU Yes | | More threads 4 |
by Don-Woligroski (Oct, 2012)The Core i3-3220 doesn't benefit from Intel's Turbo Boost technology at all, but instead relies on an architecture able to execute more instructions per cycle than AMD.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E8400 vs 3220 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 | |
| 7.4 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 72.4 °C | vs | 65.3 °C | More than 10% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
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| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
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| Much higher clock speed | 3.3 GHz | vs | 3 GHz | Around 10% higher clock speed | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
| More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Duo E8400 vs Core i3 3220
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)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Core i3 3220 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.3 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
| LGA 1155 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE4 | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 55W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 13.25 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 48.18 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.83 pt/W | 2.81 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 44.69W | |
details | Core2 Duo E8400 | vs | Core i3 3220 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 0.5 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 0.25 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 22 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 9 | 33 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.4°C | Unknown - 65.3°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclock popularity | 125 | 50 | |
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.23 GHz | 3.43 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.27 GHz | 3.48 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.23 GHz | 3.43 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Intel® HD Graphics 2500 | |
| Number of displays supported | N/A | 3 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 650 MHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | N/A | 1,050 MHz | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | DMI | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
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