Intel Pentium 4417U vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

Pentium 4417U vs Core 2 Duo E8500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Duo E8500 performs better than the Pentium 4417U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Pentium 4417U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Pentium 4417U has more threads. A Pentium 4417U 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.

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 4417U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.