Which CPU is faster, E5200 or X3-445?

[Arkaign]

OMG! The e8400 kills the E5200! Why even put this up!

He asked Stock! but even at the same clocks, the e8400 kills the e5200, it's just bad bad bad comparing it to the X3 for any reasonable measurement.

This is as close as you are gonna gt. And its very very close to 100% accurate:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/119?vs=66


This actually is 100mhz slower for the X3, so your results would be slightly better. But as you can see, the X3 440 eats up the 5200 by a long shot. Expecially when you get to the timed benchmarks (in seconds) and the games.

So the 445 would be even better. The AMD x3 Wins by a long shot!

Oh yeah, for sure at stock the 445 would be fine. Either is great.

For overclockers, the E5200 easily hits 3.5ghz (I did it on a cheap cooler with a crappy $50 G31 motherboard), and at that clock speed it'll be faster than a stock 445, and about equal once both are overclocked.

Stock, higher clockspeed is better. Overclocked, it's kind of a wash, they're both well behind the curve, but the C2D with lower cache (2m/3m/4m models) is about even with Athlon II clock for clock. C2D with higher cache and higher FSB usually pull even or ahead of PhII clock for clock. This all assumes that they have the same amount of cores, but the Tri-Core AMDs usually only showed benefits over dual-core AMDs in encoding.

 

[Haserath]

FUD. Comparing to an E4700 makes no sense. The E4xxx series is incredibly ancient, and you chose one that's clocked a ton lower.

Up the clock speed on the C2D, and things change considerably :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/189?vs=56

Clock for clock, depending on cache, the C2D series will be equal or faster than Athlon II processors. Of course, if you don't overclock, then pick whichever one has a higher clockspeed.

The triple core never seemed to deliver much over dual cores, though I'd take an Athlon II X4 over any Core 2 Duo in a heartbeat.

The E5200 is essentially a die shrunk E4700. I actually think the E4700 performs slightly better due to the 100mhz boost. The X3 in the list is also 100mhz higher than it's stock, albiet a slightly less percentage boost, but I tried to make it as close as possible.

 

[nemesismk2]

intel x3?

not sure how that x got there because I have an intel i3 lol

 

[formulav8]

not fud at all. the old E4700 performs almost identically to the E5200. you can compare the E4700 to the E5200 right there and see.

That

 

[Arkaign]

That

Well, I probably overstated it a bit.

For overclockers, the E5200 45nm chip goes a loooooong way, and going from E5200 OC to X3 445 is useless.

Stock v stock, the X3 is definitely faster due to clock speed gap.

 

[toyota]

Well, I probably overstated it a bit.

For overclockers, the E5200 45nm chip goes a loooooong way, and going from E5200 OC to X3 445 is useless.

Stock v stock, the X3 is definitely faster due to clock speed gap.

you are usually pretty accurate so we will allow you this one slip up.

 

[Arkaign]

you are usually pretty accurate so we will allow you this one slip up.

Thanks for being generous