Core 2 Duo E8200 vs Core 2 Duo T6400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2698
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duono data
Power efficiencyno data1.03
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200 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 GHz2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.67 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz1333 MHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB6 MB (shared)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1V-1.25V0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200 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
SocketPGA478LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching--
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200 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 T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200 are enumerated here.

VT-x-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 T6400 727
Core 2 Duo E8200 1124
+54.6%

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.

Core 2 Duo T6400 232
Core 2 Duo E8200 335
+44.4%

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.

Core 2 Duo T6400 359
Core 2 Duo E8200 527
+46.8%

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Core 2 Duo T6400 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo T6400 and Core 2 Duo E8200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Duo T6400 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E8200 is a desktop one.


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Intel Core 2 Duo T6400
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