Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core2 Duo E8500. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  12 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900KF No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  - No

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

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2.4 GHz 3.16 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  16 2
• CPU Threads
  24 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  3.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 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
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 -
• Generation
  11 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 -
• Shader
  256 -
• 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 Core2 Duo E8500 and Intel Core i9-12900T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  5.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900T and Intel Core2 Duo E8500 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 i9-12900T and Intel Core2 Duo E8500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  3.75 MB 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  30 MB No
• Part Number
  BX8071512900KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2008
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 775
• Technology
  10 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x