Intel Core i3-3110M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Core i3-3110M vs Core 2 Duo E8500 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3110M beats the Core 2 Duo E8500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3110M has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3110M. A Core i3-3110M 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.

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 i3-3110M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.