Intel Core i7-4510U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

Core i7-4510U vs Core 2 Duo E8400 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4510U beats the Core 2 Duo E8400 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E8400 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-4510U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Duo E8400 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-4510U. A Core i7-4510U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8400 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 i7-4510U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.