Intel Core i3-2328M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Core i3-2328M vs Core 2 Duo E8500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-2328M beats the Core 2 Duo E8500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i3-2328M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-2328M. A Core i3-2328M CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-2328M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.