Intel Core2 Duo E8500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Predecessor
  No AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.16 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 4.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Intel Core2 Duo E8500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E8500 and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  80 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8500 and Intel Core2 Duo E8500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Wolfdale Matisse (Zen 2)
• Technology
  45 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2008 Q3/2019