Core 2 Duo E8500 vs Pentium Dual Core T2390

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T2390
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.36
Core 2 Duo E8500
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.81
+125%

Core 2 Duo E8500 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2390 by a whopping 125% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30542610
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Coreno data
Power efficiency0.971.18
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date1 March 2008 (16 years ago)January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speedno data3.16 GHz
Boost clock speed1.86 GHz3.17 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz1333 MHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB
L2 cache1 MB6 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size143 mm2107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors291 Million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPPGA478LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Dual T2390 0.36
Core 2 Duo E8500 0.81
+125%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium Dual T2390 568
Core 2 Duo E8500 1281
+126%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.36 0.81
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Pentium Dual T2390 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Duo E8500, on the other hand, has a 125% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Core 2 Duo E8500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2390 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pentium Dual Core T2390 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E8500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Core 2 Duo E8500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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