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| Intel Pentium G2020 vs Core2 Duo E8400 |
Released January, 2013
Intel Pentium G2020
- 2.9 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2020
![]() | Has a built-in GPU Yes | ![]() | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm |
![]() | Lower typical power consumption 44.69W | ![]() | Newer Jan, 2013 |
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Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E8400
![]() | Much more l2 cache 6 MB | ![]() | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.22 GHz |
![]() | Supports trusted computing Yes | ![]() | Much more l2 cache per core 3 MB/core |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Much newer manufacturing process | 22 nm | vs | 45 nm | A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor | |||
Lower typical power consumption | 44.69W | vs | 52.81W | More than 15% lower typical power consumption | |||
Newer | Jan, 2013 | vs | Jan, 2008 | Release date over 5 years later | |||
Lower annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | vs | 15.66 $/year | More than 15% lower annual home energy cost | |||
Lower annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | vs | 56.94 $/year | More than 15% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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Much more l2 cache | 6 MB | vs | 1 MB | 6x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.22 GHz | vs | 3.03 GHz | Around 40% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
Much more l2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | vs | 0.5 MB/core | 6x more l2 cache per core | |||
Higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.9 GHz | Around 5% higher clock speed | |||
Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.23 GHz | vs | 3.1 GHz | More than 35% better overclocked clock speed (Water) |
Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G2020 vs Core2 Duo E8400
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
Pentium G2020
3.64 mHash/s
Core2 Duo E8400
2.41 mHash/s
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
3,870
Core2 Duo E8400
2,982
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
2,132
Core2 Duo E8400
1,625
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
151,400 MB/s
Core2 Duo E8400
128,000 MB/s
GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
3,804
Core2 Duo E8400
2,826
GeekBench (64-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Pentium G2020
4,092
Core2 Duo E8400
3,092
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
Pentium G2020
2,770
Core2 Duo E8400
2,160
PassMark (Single Core)
Pentium G2020
1,560
Core2 Duo E8400
1,251
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G2020 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
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Clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 3 GHz | |
Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
Socket type | |||
LGA 1155 | |||
LGA 775 | |||
features | |||
Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
Supports trusted computing | No | Yes | |
Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
Instruction set extensions | |||
SSE2 | |||
MMX | |||
SSE4 | |||
SSE3 | |||
SSE | |||
SSE4.1 | |||
SSE4.2 | |||
Supplemental SSE3 | |||
Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
TDP | 55W | 65W | |
Annual home energy cost | 13.25 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
Annual commercial energy cost | 48.18 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
Performance per watt | 2.11 pt/W | 1.83 pt/W | |
Typical power consumption | 44.69W | 52.81W |
details | Pentium G2020 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
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Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
Threads | 2 | 2 | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 6 MB | |
L2 cache per core | 0.5 MB/core | 3 MB/core | |
Manufacture process | 22 nm | 45 nm | |
Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
Clock multiplier | 29 | 9 | |
overclocking | |||
Overclock popularity | 3 | 125 | |
Overclock review score | 0.8 | 4.5 | |
Overclocked clock speed | 3.03 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.1 GHz | 4.23 GHz | |
Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.03 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
GPU | GPU | None | |
Label | Intel® HD Graphics | N/A | |
Number of displays supported | 3 | N/A | |
GPU clock speed | 650 MHz | N/A | |
Turbo clock speed | 1,050 MHz | N/A | |
bus | |||
Architecture | DMI | FSB | |
Number of links | 1 | 1 |
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