Intel Core i7-8500Y vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6850

Core i7-8500Y vs Core 2 Duo E6850 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E6850 performs better than the Core i7-8500Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-8500Y has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E6850 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. A Core i7-8500Y 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 i7-8500Y has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.