Intel Core 2 Duo E8700: specs and benchmarks

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Core 2 Duo E8700 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.25% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.

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 ranking2436
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency0.82of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores))
DesignerIntel
ManufacturerIntel
Architecture codenameWolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date30 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 cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX)
Boost clock speed3.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache6 MB (shared)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (EPYC 9965)
Die size107 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors410 millionof 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 500 Watt (EPYC 9755)

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 typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core 2 Duo E8700.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version2.0of 5.0 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX)

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.

Core 2 Duo E8700 1.25

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.

Core 2 Duo E8700 2212

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core 2 Duo E8700's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core 2 Duo E8700 100
A8-3820 99.2

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 8 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core 2 Duo E8700:

Core 2 Duo E8700 100
A8-3820 99.2

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