Intel Core 2 Duo E8700: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core 2 Duo E8700 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.26% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
Intel started Core 2 Duo E8700 sales 30 November 2009. 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 3.5 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 Depends on motherboard memory.
Primary details
Core 2 Duo E8700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2446 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 0.82 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Wolfdale (2008−2010) | |
| Release date | 30 November 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 | 3.5 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 6 MB (shared) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 72 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 410 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core 2 Duo E8700 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 | 775 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E8700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E8700's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core 2 Duo E8700.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Duo E8700. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core 2 Duo E8700 is A8-3820, which is slower by 1% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.
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