Intel Celeron G1610 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Celeron G1610 vs Core 2 Duo E8500 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Celeron G1610 performs better than the Core 2 Duo E8500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8500 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron G1610. A Celeron G1610 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Celeron G1610 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.