Intel Core2 Duo E8600 vs Intel Processor N97. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Processor N
• Generation
  2 13
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 Intel Processor N50/N100/N200
• 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
  3.33 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Processor N97 and Intel Core2 Duo E8600. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1 (Single Channel)
• PCIe
  No data 3.0 x 9

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core2 Duo E8600 and Intel Processor N97 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 105 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8600 and Intel Core2 Duo E8600, 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, AVX, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Wolfdale Alder Lake N
• Technology
  45 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 BGA
• Release date
  Q3/2008 Q1/2023