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Intel Core i5-3210M vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-3210M
Rank 2 - 75 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-3210M
Rank 2 - 66 %
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
645
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz
486
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 3.10 GHz
1,366
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz
885
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
710
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz
563

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupIntel Core i 3000M (29)Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
ArchitectureIvy Bridge HWolfdale (Penryn)
Technology22 nm45 nm
SegmentNotebookDesktop
SocketBGA 1023LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i5-4210M

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x
Frequency: 2.50 GHz 3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.10 GHz
L2-Cache6.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4000no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm
Release dateQ1/2011

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
TDP35 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i5-3210MIntel Core2 Duo E8600
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVXMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release dateQ2/2012Q3/2008
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-3210M
Intel Core i5-3210M
2C / 4T · 2.50 - 3.10 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz

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