Intel Core i7-860S vs Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-860S and Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

Intel Core i7-860S

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-860S

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 57% higher clock speed: 3.46 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1093 vs 820
3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2280 vs 735

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	January 2010 vs December 2007
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1093 vs 820
PassMark - CPU mark	2280 vs 735

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200

Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 82 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 82 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-860S
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1093

820

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2280

735

Name	Intel Core i7-860S	Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200
PassMark - Single thread mark	1093	820
PassMark - CPU mark	2280	735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	46.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2.716
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		258
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		438

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Core i7-860S	Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lynnfield	Conroe
Launch date	January 2010	December 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$422
Place in performance rating	2910	2912
Price now	$198.99
Processor Number	i7-860S	E2200
Series	Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors	Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status	Discontinued	Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)	6.97
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.53 GHz	2.20 GHz
Bus Speed	2.5 GT/s DMI	800 MHz FSB
Die size	296 mm2	77 mm2
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256 KB (per core)	1024 KB (shared)
L3 cache	8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	3.46 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	2
Number of threads	8
Transistor count	774 million	105 million
VID voltage range	0.6500V-1.4000V	0.8500V-1.5V
Maximum core temperature		73.3°C
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported	LGA1156	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	82 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	2.0
PCIe configurations	1x16, 2x8
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	36-bit
Thermal Monitoring
FSB parity
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)