Intel Core i3-3130M vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Core i3-3130M vs Core 2 Duo E8600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3130M beats the Core 2 Duo E8600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3130M has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-3130M. A Core i3-3130M 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.

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 i3-3130M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.