Core 2 Duo E4400 vs Pentium Dual Core T4400

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2590not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiency2.19no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date1 December 2009 (14 years ago)July 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400 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 speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
Die size107 mm2111 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno dataL2=61 °C, M0=73 °C
Number of transistors410 million167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400 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
SocketPLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

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.

Pentium Dual T4400 1284
+78.8%
Core 2 Duo E4400 718

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Dual T4400 has a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T4400 and Core 2 Duo E4400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T4400 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E4400 is a desktop one.


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