Intel Core i5-2450M vs Intel Core2 Duo E8700. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 2000M Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Successor
  - No

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

• Base Frequency
  2.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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
  10.1 -
• Execution units
  12 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 3000 -
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 -
• Shader
  96 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

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

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  No -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8700 and Intel Core i5-2450M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066DDR3-1333 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-2450M and Intel Core2 Duo E8700 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
  100 °C 80 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-2450M and Intel Core2 Duo E8700, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Sandy Bridge H Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB No
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q1/2009
• Socket
  BGA 1023 LGA 775
• Technology
  32 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x