Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Apple M series
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 Apple M2
• Predecessor
  No Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
• 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.

• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) and Intel Core2 Duo E8400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 192 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 8 (Octa Channel)
• PCIe
  No data 4.0 x 64

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No --
• Tjunction max.
  80 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and Intel Core2 Duo E8400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x Apple Virtualization Framework
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB 72.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  No --
• Architecture
  Wolfdale M2
• Technology
  45 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 --
• Release date
  Q1/2008 Q2/2023