Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 vs Intel Celeron G550

Core 2 Duo E8600 vs Celeron G550 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Duo E8600 beats the Celeron G550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Celeron G550 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Celeron G550. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has more L2 cache than the Celeron G550

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 Core 2 Duo E8600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.