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Intel Core2 Duo E8500 vs Intel Celeron 2970M

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Celeron 2970M
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 86 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Celeron 2970M
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
479
Intel Celeron 2970M
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
502
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
873
Intel Celeron 2970M
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz
974

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At a glance

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
FamilyIntel Core2 Duo (29)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)Intel Celeron 2000 (7)
ArchitectureWolfdale (Penryn)Haswell U
Technology45 nm22 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 775BGA 1168
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 3.16 GHz 2.20 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache6.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
GPU frequency0.40 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader / 10 / 80
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ4/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB32 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
TDP65 W37 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Celeron 2970M
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 dateQ1/2008Q2/2014
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
Intel Celeron 2970M
Intel Celeron 2970M
2C / 2T · 2.20 GHz

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