Intel Core i5-1135G7 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Core i5-1135G7 vs Core 2 Duo E8600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1135G7 performs better than the Core 2 Duo E8600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1135G7 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core 2 Duo E8600 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8600. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1135G7. A Core i5-1135G7 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.

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 i5-1135G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.