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Intel Pentium G2030
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See full details Intel Pentium G2030 vs Core2 Duo E8400 |
Released April, 2013
Intel Pentium G2030
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
6.3 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G2030
 | Much newer manufacturing process 22 nm | | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
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Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
1.2 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E8400
| | Supports trusted computing Yes |
by Anthony-Garreffa (Sep, 2012)Your GPU setup is more than good enough to run Battlefield 3 at medium-to-high settings at 1920x1080, so I would suggest waiting and upgrading to an Ivy Bridge setup.
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of G2030 vs E8400 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 | |
| 6.3 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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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 | |||
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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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| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Pentium G2030 vs Core2 Duo E8400
CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G2030 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3 GHz | 3 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
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 | 2.19 pt/W | 1.83 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 44.69W | 52.81W | |
details | Pentium G2030 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 0.5 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 0.25 MB/core | 3 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 22 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 3.1 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.16 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 3.1 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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