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Intel Core i7-11700KF vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 27 %

Intel Core2 Duo E8600

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-11700KF

Rank 2 - 8 %

Intel Core2 Duo E8600

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

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,794

2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz

486

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

8C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

10,765

2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz

885

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

8C / 16T · 3.60 GHz

6,240

2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz

563

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU group	Intel Core i 11000 (22)	Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
Architecture	Rocket Lake S	Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology	14 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 775
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-10700KF
Successor	Intel Core i7-12700KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	8x	2x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.50 GHz
L2-Cache	4.00 MB	6.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down	95 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-11700KF	Intel Core2 Duo E8600
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release date	Q1/2021	Q3/2008
Release price	323 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-11700KF is 4.7 stars (15 ratings), while Intel Core2 Duo E8600 has received 3.7 stars (10 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-11700KF
8C / 16T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core2 Duo E8600
2C / 2T · 3.33 GHz

★★★★★