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Intel Pentium D 830

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Pentium D 830

Reasons to consider the
Intel Pentium D 830

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Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.5 GHz vs 4.23 GHz More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
Front view of Intel Core2 Duo E8400

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Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm vs 90 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much better PassMark score 2,160 vs 645 More than 3.2x better PassMark score
Much better PassMark (Single core) score 1,251 vs 698 Around 80% better PassMark (Single core) score
Much better performance per watt 1.83 pt/W vs 0.6 pt/W More than 3x better performance per watt
Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W vs 105.63W 2x lower typical power consumption
Has virtualization support Yes vs No Somewhat common; Boosts performance of virtual machines
Supports trusted computing Yes vs No Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.22 GHz vs 3.55 GHz Around 20% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Higher Maximum operating temperature 72.4 °C vs 69.8 °C Around 5% higher Maximum operating temperature
Much lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year vs 113.88 $/year 2x lower annual commercial energy cost
Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year vs 31.32 $/year 2x lower annual home energy cost
Newer Jan, 2008 vs Apr, 2005 Release date over 2 years later

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium D 830 vs Core2 Duo E8400

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium D 830
1,493
Core2 Duo E8400
2,982

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium D 830
841
Core2 Duo E8400
1,625

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium D 830
108,300 MB/s
Core2 Duo E8400
128,000 MB/s

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Pentium D 830
645
Core2 Duo E8400
2,160

PassMark (Single Core)

Pentium D 830
698
Core2 Duo E8400
1,251

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium D 830  vs
Core2 Duo E8400 
Clock speed 3 GHz 3 GHz
Cores Dual core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 775

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No Yes
Has virtualization support No Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 130W 65W
Annual home energy cost 31.32 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 113.88 $/year 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 0.6 pt/W 1.83 pt/W
Typical power consumption 105.63W 52.81W

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 800 MHz 1,333 MHz

details

 Pentium D 830  vs
Core2 Duo E8400 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 2 2
L2 cache 2 MB 6 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core 3 MB/core
Manufacture process 90 nm 45 nm
Transistor count 230,000,000 410,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 15 9
Voltage range 1.2 - 1.4V 0.85 - 1.36V
Operating temperature Unknown - 69.8°C Unknown - 72.4°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.55 GHz 4.22 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.5 GHz 4.23 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.55 GHz 4.22 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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