Comparing Intel Core2 Duo E8700 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8700

description_compare Intel Core2 Duo E8700 and Intel Core2 Duo E7500

• Name
  Intel Core2 Duo E8700 Intel Core2 Duo E7500
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Core2 Duo
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  2 2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 2 2 / 2
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  2x 2x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 2.93 GHz

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066, DDR3-1333 DDR2-1066, DDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W

• Technology
  45 nm 45 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  LGA 775 LGA 775
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Wolfdale (Penryn) Wolfdale (Penryn)
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Linux Windows 10, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x VT-x
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• Release date
  Q1/2009 Q1/2009