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Intel Core2 Duo E8500 vs Intel Core i3-8100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 49 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 27 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-8100
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
479
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
971
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
873
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
3,134
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
525
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
1,579

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
FamilyIntel Core2 Duo (29)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)Intel Core i 8000 (20)
ArchitectureWolfdale (Penryn)Coffee Lake S
Technology45 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 1151-2
PredecessorIntel Core i3-7100
SuccessorIntel Core i3-9100

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 4x
Frequency: 3.16 GHz 3.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache6.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 630
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ4/2017

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500Intel Core i3-8100
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2008Q4/2017
Release price117 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz
Intel Core i3-8100
Intel Core i3-8100
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

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