Celeron E1600 vs Core 2 Duo E8500

Place in the ranking	2596	2846
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.16	0.77
Architecture codename	Wolfdale (2008−2010)	Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date	January 2008 (16 years ago)	31 May 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.16 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.17 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	1333 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB (shared)	512 KB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	107 mm²	77 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	73 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 million	105 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600 compatibility with other computer components: 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	1
Socket	LGA775	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	-
VT-x	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E8500 and Celeron E1600.

PCIe version

no data

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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.

Core 2 Duo E8500 0.83
+50.9%

Celeron E1600 0.55

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo E8500 1273
+51.5%

Celeron E1600 840