Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 vs Intel Pentium III 1400

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 and Intel Pentium III 1400 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E8400

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 114% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
• Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 72.4°C vs 69°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
• 16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 24x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 4.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1234 vs 272
• 6.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1210 vs 193

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium III 1400

• 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 31.2 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
CPU 2: Intel Pentium III 1400

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1234 272
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1210 193

Compare specifications (specs)