Intel Pentium G622 vs Core2 Duo E8400 |
Released April, 2011
Intel Pentium G622
- 2.6 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Intel Pentium G622
 | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
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Released January, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
- 3 GHz
- Dual core
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E8400
| | Much higher clock speed 3 GHz | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.23 GHz |
| | Supports trusted computing Yes | | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.22 GHz |
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.
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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 higher clock speed | 3 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 15% higher clock speed | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.23 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | Around 65% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.22 GHz | vs | 2.6 GHz | More than 60% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
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Features Key features of the Pentium G622 vs Core2 Duo E8400
clock speed
L2 cache
overclocked clock speed (air)
overclocked clock speed (water)
TDP
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Pentium G622 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 2.6 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 | 65W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 15.66 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 56.94 $/year | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 52.81W | |
details | Pentium G622 | vs | Core2 Duo E8400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32 nm | 45 nm | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 26 | 9 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 69.1°C | Unknown - 72.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 2.6 GHz | 4.23 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 2.6 GHz | 4.22 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 2.6 GHz | 4.23 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | GPU | None | |
| Label | Intel® HD Graphics | N/A | |
| Number of displays supported | 2 | N/A | |
| GPU clock speed | 850 MHz | N/A | |
| Turbo clock speed | 1,100 MHz | N/A | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | DMI | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
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