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Benchmarks for the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 3.2 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 2
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 6144 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz, Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 44.32
Overall Rank:
3581st fastest in multithreading out of 4970 CPUs
2631st fastest in single threading out of 4970 CPUs
1087th fastest in out of 1406 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $29.00 USD (2024-12-31)
Integer Math | 5,542 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 3,293 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 10 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 3,614 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 324.3 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 26,731 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 156 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 457 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,322 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,835 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,391 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,069 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,577 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,111 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,878 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,216 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,726 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,618 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 1,285 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 200.77 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 190.91 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.19 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.24 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 117.67 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.54 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 47.31 | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 44.32 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,614 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,151 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,024 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,684 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 1,322 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2374671 - Jan 28 2025 | 1242 | |
BL2373022 - Jan 28 2025 | 1129 | |
BL2365405 - Jan 24 2025 | 1331 | |
BL2365396 - Jan 24 2025 | 1331 | |
BL2355031 - Jan 20 2025 | 1497 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 1,285 | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,208 (-6.0%) | |
AMD Athlon II X2 250 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,166 (-9.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X2 240 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,049 (-18.3%) | |
AMD Athlon II X2 215 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 973 (-24.3%) | |
AMD Phenom X3 8550 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,151 (-10.4%) | |
AMD Athlon II X2 B24 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,105 (-14.0%) | |
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,564 (+21.7%) | |
AMD A4-5300 APU vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,365 (+6.2%) | |
AMD A4-5300B APU vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,250 (-2.8%) | |
AMD Athlon II X2 B22 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 1,053 (-18.1%) | |
AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 987 (-23.2%) | |
Intel Core2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500 | 783 (-39.1%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,867 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,650 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,604 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,307 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,846 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,516 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,461 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,266 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,116 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,040 | |
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz | 244 |