Intel Pentium D 930 vs Core2 Duo E8400 |
Released January, 2006
Intel Pentium D 930
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium D 930
 | Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.8 GHz |
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Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E8400
| | Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score 2,826 | | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm |
| | Supports trusted computing Yes | | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.8 GHz | vs | 4.23 GHz | Around 15% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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| Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | 2,826 | vs | 1,412 | More than 2x better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | |||
| Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 77.19W | More than 30% lower typical power consumption | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 72.4 °C | vs | 63.4 °C | Around 15% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | vs | 3.97 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Significantly lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 22.89 $/year | More than 30% lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 83.22 $/year | More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2008 | vs | Jan, 2006 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium D 930 vs Core2 Duo E8400
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium D 930 | 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 | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 800 MHz | 1,333 MHz | |
details | Pentium D 930 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 2 MB/core | 3 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 65 nm | 45 nm | |
| Transistor count | 376,000,000 | 410,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 15 | 9 | |
| Voltage range | 1.2 - 1.34V | 0.85 - 1.36V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 63.4°C | Unknown - 72.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.97 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.8 GHz | 4.23 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.97 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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