Intel Core i3-2310M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Core i3-2310M vs Core 2 Duo E8600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Duo E8600 beats the Core i3-2310M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2310M in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-2310M has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2310M. A Core i3-2310M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-2310M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.