Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 vs AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 and AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E7400

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 22% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1109 vs 749
• Around 53% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1030 vs 674
• 27x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 19.088 vs 0.708

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
• 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 1.084 vs 0.307

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1109 749
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1030 674
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	0.307 1.084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	CPU 1 CPU 2	19.088 0.708

Compare specifications (specs)