Intel Pentium 3825U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Pentium 3825U vs Core 2 Duo E8500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Duo E8500 beats the Pentium 3825U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 3825U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Pentium 3825U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium 3825U. A Pentium 3825U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Duo E8500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Pentium 3825U

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 Pentium 3825U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.