Intel Pentium E5700 vs Core 2 Duo E7400

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Combined performance score

Core 2 Duo E7400
0.66

Pentium E5700 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7400 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25912560
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.012.33
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release dateOctober 2008 (15 years old)8 August 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$110
Current price$51 $66 (0.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Pentium E5700 has 131% better value for money than Core 2 Duo E7400.

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700 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)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size82 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperature74 °C74 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors228 million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700 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 configuration11
SocketLGA775LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI--
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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 E7400 0.66
Pentium E5700 0.70
+6.1%

Pentium E5700 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7400 by 6% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Core 2 Duo E7400 1017
Pentium E5700 1082
+6.4%

Pentium E5700 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7400 by 6% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo E7400 313
Pentium E5700 331
+5.8%

Pentium E5700 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7400 by 6% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Core 2 Duo E7400 497
Pentium E5700 531
+6.8%

Pentium E5700 outperforms Core 2 Duo E7400 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.66 0.70

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E7400 and Pentium E5700. The differences in performance seem too small.


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