Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500
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CPU comparisonIntel Core i5-12400 or Intel Core2 Duo E8500 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Intel Core i5-12400 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12400 was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core2 Duo E8500 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.16 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core2 Duo E8500 was released in Q1/2008. |
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| Intel Core i5 (331) | Family | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| Intel Core i 12000 (34) | CPU group | Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14) |
| 12 | Generation | 2 |
| Alder Lake S | Architecture | Wolfdale (Penryn) |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| Intel Core i5-11400 | Predecessor | -- |
| Intel Core i5-13400 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Core i5-12400 has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-12400 is 2.50 GHz (4.40 GHz) while the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 is at 3.16 GHz. |
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| Intel Core i5-12400 | Characteristic | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
| 6 | Cores | 2 |
| 12 | Threads | 2 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | Yes |
| 2.50 GHz | Frequency | 3.16 GHz |
| 4.40 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | -- |
| 4.00 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe Intel Core i5-12400 or Intel Core2 Duo E8500 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 730 | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.30 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 1.45 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 12 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 14 nm | Technology | |
| 3 | Max. displays | |
| 24 | Compute units | -- |
| 192 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 64 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 12 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 730 | GPU | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| Decode | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Core i5-12400 can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The Intel Core2 Duo E8500 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 21.3 GB/s. |
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| Intel Core i5-12400 | Characteristic | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
| DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | Memory | DDR3-1333, DDR2-1066 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 76.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s |
| No | ECC | No |
| 7.50 MB | L2 Cache | 6.00 MB |
| 18.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 5.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 20 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 78.8 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-12400 is 65 W, while the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Core i5-12400 | Characteristic | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
| 65 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 65 W |
| 117 W | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Core i5-12400 is manufactured in 10 nm and has 25.50 MB cache. The Intel Core2 Duo E8500 is manufactured in 45 nm and has a 6.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Core i5-12400 | Characteristic | Intel Core2 Duo E8500 |
| 10 nm | Technology | 45 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Monolithic |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | ISA extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 |
| LGA 1700 | Socket | LGA 775 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | VT-x |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q1/2022 | Release date | Q1/2008 |
| 192 $ | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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Intel Core i5-12400
Intel UHD Graphics 730 @ 1.45 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
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Intel Core i5-12400
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Intel Core i5-12400
12,454 CB R23 MC @ 82 W |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500
3.16 GHz |
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