Intel Core 2 Duo E8500: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core 2 Duo E8500 sales on January 2008. This is a 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 3166 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA775 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

General info

Core 2 Duo E8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking	2292
Value for money	1.55
Market segment	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	January 2008 (15 years old)
Current price	$35	of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2
Base clock speed	3.16 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.17 GHz	of 6 (Core i9-13900KS)
L1 cache	64 KB	of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache	6 MB (shared)	of 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache	0 KB	of 786432 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography	45 nm	of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Die size	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	of 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors	410 million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-
Unlocked multiplier	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E8500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-
Idle States	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Demand Based Switching	-
FSB parity	-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E8500's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Duo E8500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Relative perfomance

Overall Core 2 Duo E8500 performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.

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