Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core 2 Duo E6550

Core i7-8700K vs Core 2 Duo E6550 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Core 2 Duo E6550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Duo E6550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-8700K has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core 2 Duo E6550 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E6550. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E6550. The Core 2 Duo E6550 outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E6550 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8700K

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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.