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Intel Pentium E5200

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Pentium E5200

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Higher Maximum operating temperature 74.1 °C vs 72.4 °C Almost the same
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Significantly higher clock speed 3 GHz vs 2.5 GHz 20% higher clock speed
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 3.78 GHz More than 10% better overclocked clock speed (Air)
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.23 GHz vs 3.9 GHz Around 10% better overclocked clock speed (Water)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E5200 vs Core2 Duo E8400

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E5200
2,404
Core2 Duo E8400
2,982

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E5200
1,312
Core2 Duo E8400
1,625

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E5200
106,400 MB/s
Core2 Duo E8400
128,000 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E5200
2,230
Core2 Duo E8400
2,826

GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Pentium E5200
2,456
Core2 Duo E8400
3,092

GeekBench

Pentium E5200
4,003
Core2 Duo E8400
4,794

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Pentium E5200
1,488
Core2 Duo E8400
2,160

PassMark (Single Core)

Pentium E5200
1,015
Core2 Duo E8400
1,251

Reviews Word on the street

Pentium E5200  vs Core2 Duo E8400 
9.7
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9.1
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Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Pentium E5200  vs
Core2 Duo E8400 
Clock speed 2.5 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

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

details

 Pentium E5200  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 45 nm 45 nm
Transistor count 228,000,000 410,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 12 9
Voltage range 0.85 - 1.36V 0.85 - 1.36V
Operating temperature Unknown - 74.1°C Unknown - 72.4°C

overclocking
Overclock popularity 36 125
Overclock review score 5 4.5
Overclocked clock speed 3.78 GHz 4.22 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.9 GHz 4.23 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.78 GHz 4.22 GHz

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 1.6 pt/W 1.83 pt/W
Typical power consumption 52.81W 52.81W

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 800 MHz 1,333 MHz
Intel Pentium E5200
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Comments

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Dimitris Agathangelidis (10:48 AM, January 14, 2020)
Kenny, Did you find a solution? I want to upgrade an old pc that has Intel Pentium E5200 installed with the Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, but after reading your comment I don't know if it's a good idea. Did you find what was causing this malfunction? Thanks in advance!
Kenny Chew (12:50 AM, April 9, 2016)
i try to upgrade my cpu from e5200 to duo core e8400 but after start the computer is was stay on startup screen why?
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