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| Intel Pentium E5400 vs Core2 Quad Q6600 |
Released January, 2009
Intel Pentium E5400
- 2.7 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium E5400
![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm | ![]() | Higher clock speed 2.7 GHz |
![]() | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | ![]() | Much higher Maximum operating temperature 74.1 °C |
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Released January, 2007
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
- 2.4 GHz
- Quad core
Reasons to buy the Core2 Quad Q6600
![]() | More cores 4 | ![]() | More threads 4 |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Much newer manufacturing process | 45 nm | vs | 65 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
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Higher clock speed | 2.7 GHz | vs | 2.4 GHz | Around 15% higher clock speed | |||
Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 85.31W | Around 40% lower typical power consumption | |||
Much higher Maximum operating temperature | 74.1 °C | vs | 62.2 °C | Around 20% higher Maximum operating temperature | |||
Significantly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.75 GHz | vs | 3.52 GHz | More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.49 GHz | vs | 3.6 GHz | Around 25% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 91.98 $/year | Around 40% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 25.29 $/year | Around 40% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Newer | Jan, 2009 | vs | Jan, 2007 | Release date over 2 years later | |||
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More cores | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
More threads | 4 | vs | 2 | Twice as many threads |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium E5400 vs Core2 Quad Q6600
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium E5400
2,581
Core2 Quad Q6600
4,490
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium E5400
1,400
Core2 Quad Q6600
1,306
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium E5400
114,800 MB/s
Core2 Quad Q6600
102,800 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium E5400
2,391
Core2 Quad Q6600
4,161
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium E5400
2,704
Core2 Quad Q6600
4,541
GeekBench
Pentium E5400
4,486
Core2 Quad Q6600
5,918
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Pentium E5400
1,632
Core2 Quad Q6600
2,970
PassMark (Single Core)
Pentium E5400
1,091
Core2 Quad Q6600
924
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium E5400 | vs | Core2 Quad Q6600 |
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Clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 2.4 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Quad 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 | 105W | |
Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 25.29 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 91.98 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 1.73 pt/W | 1.19 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 85.31W | |
bus | |||
Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
Clock speed | 800 MHz | 1,066 MHz |
details | Pentium E5400 | vs | Core2 Quad Q6600 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 4 | |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 2 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 45 nm | 65 nm | |
Transistor count | 228,000,000 | 582,000,000 | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 13 | 9 | |
Voltage range | 0.85 - 1.36V | 0.85 - 1.5V | |
Operating temperature | Unknown - 74.1°C | Unknown - 62.2°C | |
overclocking | |||
Overclocked clock speed | 3.75 GHz | 3.52 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.49 GHz | 3.6 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.75 GHz | 3.52 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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