Intel Core i5-4200U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Core i5-4200U vs Core 2 Duo E8600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E8600 performs better than the Core i5-4200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-4200U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-4200U has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4200U. A Core i5-4200U 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-4200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.