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Core 2 Duo E8400 vs Pentium G3260


Description
The E8400 is based on Core architecture while the G3260 is based on Haswell.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E8400 gets a score of 27.1 k points while the G3260 gets 58.9 k points.

Summarizing, the G3260 is 2.2 times faster than the E8400 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
306c3
Core
Wolfdale
Haswell
Architecture
Base frecuency
3 GHz
3.3 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
LGA1150
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
65 W
53 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32+2x32 kB
2x32+2x32 kB
Cache L2
6144 kB
2x256 kB
Cache L3
0 kB
3072 kB
Date
January 2008
March 2015
Mean monothread perf.
17.28k points
30.56k points
Mean multithread perf.
27.11k points
58.89k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
E8400
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
3.3k
11.73k (x3.56)
Test#2 (FP)
7.28k
10.45k (x1.43)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.88k
4.55k (x1.58)
Test#1 (Memory)
3.83k
3.83k (x1)
TOTAL
17.28k
30.56k (x1.77)

Multithread

E8400

G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
6.3k
22.99k (x3.65)
Test#2 (FP)
13.71k
20.53k (x1.5)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
5.32k
8.82k (x1.66)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.78k
6.55k (x3.69)
TOTAL
27.11k
58.89k (x2.17)

Performance/W
E8400
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
97 points/W
434 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
211 points/W
387 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
82 points/W
166 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
27 points/W
124 points/W
TOTAL
417 points/W
1111 points/W

Performance/GHz
E8400
G3260
Test#1 (Integers)
1099 points/GHz
3555 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2426 points/GHz
3165 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
959 points/GHz
1380 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
1278 points/GHz
1161 points/GHz
TOTAL
5762 points/GHz
9261 points/GHz

Monothread performance graph
Monothread performance graphics gives the performance vs time. They are useful to measure the time it takes to the CPU to reach the maximum performance.

Usually, CPU's performance will be steady during these tests but if it has a slow frequency strategy, the first samples will show a lower score.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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Multithread performance graph
Multithread graphs measure the performance against a heavy load during certain time.

If CPU's TDP doesn't limit the frequency and the machine is properly cooled, performance should remain steady vs time. Otherwise, the performance score will oscillate or decrease over time.


Test#1 (Integers) [points vs time]

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Test#2 (FP) [points vs time]

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Test#3 (Generic, ZIP) [points vs time]

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Test#1 (Memory) [points vs time]

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