Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 vs Intel Pentium D 915

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 and Intel Pentium D 915 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 E7500

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.93 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
• Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 63.4°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1208 vs 532
• 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1151 vs 459
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 386 vs 179
• 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 671 vs 307

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium D 915

• Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E7500
CPU 2: Intel Pentium D 915

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1208 532
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1151 459
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	386 179
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	671 307

Compare specifications (specs)