Intel Core 2 Duo E8400: specs and benchmarks

Intel started Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 sales on January 2008. This is Wolfdale architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3 GHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 775 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 4.54 percent of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 7742.

Of Core 2 Duo E8400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.

Core 2 Duo E8400's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of Core 2 Duo E8400's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Information on Core 2 Duo E8400 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E8400.

Non-gaming benchmarks performance of Core 2 Duo E8400. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

Let's see how good Core 2 Duo E8400 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.