Average Bench 33.8%. The Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 is amongst the fastest of the Core 2 Duo range of now nearly ten year old CPUs. The E8400 is included in our group tests simply as a reference point due to its huge success back in its day. Running at a clock speed of 3.0 GHz the E8400 has an effective speed of 52 which is 85% slower than its
The dual-core processors the number of cycles that a CPU can execute a task in a second is low. Whereas in the core 2 duo processor the CPU speed is faster which makes the core 2 duo run faster. Whenever there are instructions given to the processors, the instructions get accumulated in a pipeline and this is called the pipeline storage.For those who are more fussy about they buy, the new Centrino Duo platform is based on a new Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset and new Core 2 Duo models to pair with. The new chipset has new features like support for a 800MHz front side bus (FSB), a better graphics core and optional support for new wireless-N connectivity and Intel Turbo Memory. The Centrino is a family of CPU's for mobile computing - labelling has changed - based for the most part on Core 2 Duo processors. Acid test - Device Manager > Processors and expand. If 2 CPU's are shown you have a dual core. Pete C. Microsoft MVP Internet Explorer 2004 - 2011. Keep all responses to BBS posts on the BBS so that others may benefit. by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 3, 2006 9:25 AM EST Posted in CPUs 46 Comments While the world has been focused on the launch of Intel's desktop Core 2 Duo, codenamed Conroe, Intel has been G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $364. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 72,530 user benchmarks for the Intel Celeron 847 and the Core2 Duo E8400, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs.