Intel Core i7 M 620 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8200

Compare Intel 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

703 points
725 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1418 points
1576 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

517 points
518 points
0.19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

496 points
497 points
0.20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.67 GHz
0.11% slightly higher clock speed
2.66 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

0.25 MiB
6 MiB
2299% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,028th of 1,089
1,024th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2008 February

Core i7 M 620 vs Core 2 Duo E8200 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E8200 performs better than the Core i7 M 620. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 M 620 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7 M 620 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 M 620 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Duo E8200. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Duo E8200 has more L2 cache than the Core i7 M 620

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 M 620 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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