Intel Core i3-3217U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

Core i3-3217U vs Core 2 Duo E6850 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3217U beats the Core 2 Duo E6850 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Duo E6850 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i3-3217U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E6850 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-3217U. A Core i3-3217U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E6850 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 i3-3217U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.