Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 vs AMD Sempron 2800+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 and AMD Sempron 2800+ 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 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 75% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 70°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 24x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1109 vs 408
• 4.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1030 vs 243

Reasons to consider the AMD Sempron 2800+

• 2x 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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7400
CPU 2: AMD Sempron 2800+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1109 408
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1030 243

Compare specifications (specs)