Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $364. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 85,576 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and the Pentium N3540, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 24,658 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E7200 and the Pentium E5300, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,426 CPUs. SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $364. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 62,147 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 and the Pentium Dual E2140, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $354. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 72,821 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and the Pentium D 3.00GHz, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $364. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 9,432 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E7600 and the Pentium E6700, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs. Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $364. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 84,204 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and the Pentium G2020, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,429 CPUs. The main difference between Core 2 Duo and i3 is that the i3 has a more refined architecture, with hyper-threading enabled and 4 processing threads instead of 2. The Core i3 is a big improvement over the Core 2 Duo and supports greater instruction sets due to lower lithography and fewer transistors. 16. 0. 65W. 65W. Lower is better. Detailed side by side comparison of Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 vs Intel E6600 specs can be found in the Specifications section below. Even more detailed comparison of low level features of both microprocessors is located in the CPUIDs section . The Pentium Dual-Core was also a very popular choice for overclocking, as it can deliver optimal performance (when overclocked) at a low price. Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz is a high-end Processor Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64. G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $354. SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16. Based on 15,987 user benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E4500 and the Pentium Dual E2180, we rank them both on effective speed and value for money against the best 1,431 CPUs. epG2F.