Intel Core2 Duo E8600 vs Intel Processor N97. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 Intel Processor N50/N100/N200
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Processor N
• Generation
  2 13
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Successor
  No -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.33 GHz 2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No 3.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Core Configuration
  - 4x Gracemont
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 24
• Generation
  - 12
• GPU Frequency
  - 1200 MHz
• GPU name
  - Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2023
• Shader
  - 192
• Technology
  - 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  - Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  - Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  - Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  - Decode
• VP8
  - Decode / Encode
• VP9
  - Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Processor N97 and Intel Core2 Duo E8600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1 (Single Channel)
• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800
• PCIe
  - 3.0 x 9
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 38.4 GB/s

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E8600 and Intel Processor N97 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  80 °C 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  - 12 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8600 and Intel Processor N97, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Wolfdale Alder Lake N
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  6 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2008 Q1/2023
• Socket
  LGA 775 BGA
• Technology
  45 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Chip design
  - Monolithic
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux