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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs AMD FX-4300
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
AMD FX-4300
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
AMD FX-4300
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
100 %
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
AMD FX-4300
89 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
AMD FX-4300
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
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| Family | Intel Core2 Duo (29) | AMD FX (30) |
| CPU group | Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14) | AMD FX-4300 (3) |
| Architecture | Wolfdale (Penryn) | Vishera (Bulldozer) |
| Technology | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 775 | AM3+ |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 4x |
| Frequency: | 3.00 GHz | 3.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
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| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 95 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 | AMD FX-4300 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Unknown |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date | Q1/2008 | Q4/2012 |
| Release price | 85 $ | |
| Documents |
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