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Intel Celeron E3300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 72 %
Intel Celeron E3300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 71 %
Intel Celeron E3300
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Celeron E3300
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
347
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
479
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron E3300
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
602
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
873
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Celeron E3300
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
404
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
525

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Celeron E3000 (3)Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
ArchitectureWolfdale (Penryn)Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology45 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Core 2x
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.16 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB6.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Celeron E3300Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release dateQ3/2009Q1/2008
Release price47 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron E3300
Intel Celeron E3300
2C / 2T · 2.50 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz

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