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See full details Intel Xeon E3120 vs Core2 Duo E8600 |
Released August, 2008
Intel Xeon E3120
- 3.16 GHz
- Dual core
4.7 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Intel Xeon E3120
 | Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W | | Much lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year |
| | Much lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year |
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Released July, 2008
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
- 3.33 GHz
- Dual core
5.1 Out of 10
Reasons to buy the Core2 Duo E8600
| | Slightly higher clock speed 3.33 GHz | | Supports trusted computing Yes |
| | Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.6 GHz | | Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.61 GHz |
CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of E3120 vs E8600 among all CPUs
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 | |
| Sky Diver and Cloud Gate | |
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? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
Value | |
Are you paying a premium for performance? | |
| Sky Diver, Cloud Gate, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more | |
| 5.1 | CPUBoss Score |
Combination of all six facets | |
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Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much lower typical power consumption | 52.81W | vs | 120.65W | 2.3x lower typical power consumption | |||
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| Much lower annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | vs | 47.3 $/year | 3x lower annual home energy cost | |||
| Much lower annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | vs | 113.62 $/year | Around 50% lower annual commercial energy cost | |||
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| Slightly higher clock speed | 3.33 GHz | vs | 3.16 GHz | More than 5% higher clock speed | |||
| Supports trusted computing | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; Allows for safer, more reliable computing | |||
| Much better overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.6 GHz | vs | 3.17 GHz | More than 45% better overclocked clock speed (Water) | |||
| Slightly better overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.61 GHz | vs | 4.42 GHz | Around 5% better overclocked clock speed (Air) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Xeon E3120 vs Core2 Duo E8600
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
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Xeon E3120 | vs | Core2 Duo E8600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.16 GHz | 3.33 GHz | |
| Cores | Dual core | Dual core | |
| Socket type | |||
| LGA 775 | |||
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Supports trusted computing | No | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| MMX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| Supports dynamic frequency scaling | Yes | Yes | |
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 65W | 65W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 15.66 $/year | 47.3 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 56.94 $/year | 113.62 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 1.39 pt/W | 1.1 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 52.81W | 120.65W | |
details | Xeon E3120 | vs | Core2 Duo E8600 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| Threads | 2 | 2 | |
| L2 cache | 6 MB | 6 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 3 MB/core | 3 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 45 nm | 45 nm | |
| Transistor count | 410,000,000 | 410,000,000 | |
| Max CPUs | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock multiplier | 9 | 10 | |
| Operating temperature | Unknown - 72.4°C | Unknown - 72.4°C | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.42 GHz | 4.61 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 3.17 GHz | 4.6 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.42 GHz | 4.61 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 | |
bus | |||
| Architecture | FSB | FSB | |
| Number of links | 1 | 1 | |
| Clock speed | 1,333 MHz | 1,333 MHz | |
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