Pentium Gold G7400T vs Core 2 Duo E6540

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Duo E6540
2007
2 cores, 65 Watt
0.52
Pentium Gold G7400T
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
3.68
+608%

Pentium Gold G7400T outperforms Core 2 Duo E6540 by a whopping 608% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28681496
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.749.77
Architecture codenameno dataAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 July 2007 (17 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data4
Base clock speed2.33 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speedno data3.1 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB L2 Cache6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperature72 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPLGA775FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 710
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.35 GHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6540 and Pentium Gold G7400T.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo E6540 0.52
Pentium Gold G7400T 3.68
+608%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E6540 808
Pentium Gold G7400T 5737
+610%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.52 3.68
Recency 1 July 2007 4 January 2022
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium Gold G7400T has a 607.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G7400T is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo E6540 in performance tests.


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