Processor Intel Core2 Duo E8500, specifications and benchmarks

• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  2
• Name
  Intel Core2 Duo E8500
• Predecessor
  No
• Segment
  Desktop
• Successor
  No

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

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

• AES-NI
  No

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  80 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No
• TDP down
  No
• TDP up
  No

• Architecture
  Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  No
• Release date
  Q1/2008
• Socket
  LGA 775
• Technology
  45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x

Common positions Intel Core2 Duo E8500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  987 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1102 place
• Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
  1133 place