Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Core i3-10100F vs Core 2 Duo E8500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-10100F beats the Core 2 Duo E8500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i3-10100F has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Duo E8500. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core 2 Duo E8500. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8500. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-10100F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E8500. 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i3-10100F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.