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Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs Intel Core i5-680

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 73 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-680
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 52 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-680
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
473
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.86 GHz
651
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
841
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,394

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At a glance

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
FamilyIntel Core2 Duo (29)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureWolfdale (Penryn)Clarkdale
Technology45 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 1156
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.86 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache6.00 MB0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader / 12 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
TDP65 W73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400Intel Core i5-680
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2008Q2/2010
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core2 Duo E8400
Intel Core2 Duo E8400
2C / 2T · 3.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-680
Intel Core i5-680
2C / 4T · 3.60 - 3.86 GHz

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