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Core 2 Duo P8400 vs Pentium E5500


Description
Both models P8400 and E5500 are based on Core architecture.



Using the multithread performance as a reference, the P8400 gets a score of 18.8 k points while the E5500 gets 20.7 k points.

Summarizing, the E5500 is 1.1 times faster than the P8400. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
10676
1067a
Core
Peryn-3M
Wolfdale
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.267 GHz
2.8 GHz
Socket
Socket P
LGA 775
Cores/Threads
2/2
2/2
TDP
25 W
65 W
Cache L1 (d+i)
2x32 kB
32+32 kB
Cache L2
3072 kB
2048 kB
Date
July 2008
April 2010
Mean monothread perf.
11.38k points
12.77k points
Mean multithread perf.
21.02k points
20.69k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
P8400
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
1.78k
2.56k (x1.44)
Test#2 (FP)
4.95k
6.54k (x1.32)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
2.08k
2.76k (x1.33)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.44k
0.91k (x0.63)
TOTAL
10.24k
12.77k (x1.25)

Multithread

P8400

E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
3.53k
4.32k (x1.22)
Test#2 (FP)
9.75k
10.8k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
4.07k
4.7k (x1.15)
Test#1 (Memory)
1.44k
0.87k (x0.61)
TOTAL
18.79k
20.69k (x1.1)

Performance/W
P8400
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
141 points/W
66 points/W
Test#2 (FP)
390 points/W
166 points/W
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
163 points/W
72 points/W
Test#1 (Memory)
58 points/W
13 points/W
TOTAL
751 points/W
318 points/W

Performance/GHz
P8400
E5500
Test#1 (Integers)
785 points/GHz
914 points/GHz
Test#2 (FP)
2183 points/GHz
2335 points/GHz
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
916 points/GHz
985 points/GHz
Test#1 (Memory)
634 points/GHz
325 points/GHz
TOTAL
4519 points/GHz
4560 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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