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Intel Pentium E5300
CPUBoss recommends the Intel Pentium E5300 based on its performance.
See full details Intel Pentium E5300 vs Core2 Duo E6400 |
Released January, 2008
Intel Pentium E5300
- 2.6 GHz
- Dual core
2.8 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium E5300
 | Much better PassMark score 1,549 | | Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score 2,271 |
| | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | | Significantly higher clock speed 2.6 GHz |
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CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E5300 vs E6400 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 | |
| 2.8 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much better PassMark score | 1,549 | vs | 1,295 | Around 20% better PassMark score | |||
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| Much better geekbench 2 (32-bit) score | 2,271 | vs | 1,961 | More than 15% 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 | |||
| Significantly higher clock speed | 2.6 GHz | vs | 2.13 GHz | More than 20% higher clock speed | |||
| Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 74.1 °C | vs | 61.4 °C | More than 20% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.87 GHz | vs | 3.33 GHz | More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.33 GHz | vs | 3.33 GHz | Around 30% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Newer | Jan, 2008 | vs | Jul, 2006 | Release date over 1 years later | |||
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Core2 Duo E6400 vs the Pentium E5300. | |||||||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E5300 vs Core2 Duo E6400
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 | Pentium E5300 | vs | Core2 Duo E6400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 2.13 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | No | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| 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 | 1.66 pt/W | 1.35 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 52.81W | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 800 MHz | 1,066 MHz | |
details | Pentium E5300 | vs | Core2 Duo E6400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 65 nm | |
| Transistor count | 228,000,000 | 167,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 13 | 8 | |
| Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.36V | 0.85 - 1.5V | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 74.1°C | Unknown - 61.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.87 GHz | 3.33 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.33 GHz | 3.33 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.87 GHz | 3.33 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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