Intel Core i7-8500Y vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8200

Core i7-8500Y vs Core 2 Duo E8200 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E8200 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.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-8500Y has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Duo E8200 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 E8200 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 i7-8500Y has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.