Intel Core2 Duo E8400 vs Intel Core i5-12450H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 Intel Core i 12000H
• Predecessor
  No --
• 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.

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12450H and Intel Core2 Duo E8400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe
  No data 4.0 x 28

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and Intel Core i5-12450H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 45 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  No 115 W
• 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) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB 7.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Wolfdale Alder Lake H
• Technology
  45 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q1/2008 Q1/2022