Intel Core i3-5005U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Core i3-5005U vs Core 2 Duo E8500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-5005U is faster than the Core 2 Duo E8500. 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 i3-5005U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-5005U. A Core i3-5005U 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 info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E8500 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-5005U

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 i3-5005U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.