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Intel logo Core2 Duo E8500
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General information Core2 Duo E8500 Core2 Duo E6550
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Wolfdale Conroe
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 28.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Duo E8500 Core2 Duo E6550
Overall Score 30055 0 % 27504 8.5 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 816 0 % 572 29.9 %
Single Thread Score 1319.7 0 % 900.6 31.8 %
Encrypting Data 1853.8 MB/s 0 % 1313.1 MB/s 29.2 %
Compressing Data 25.7 MB/s 0 % 18.6 MB/s 27.6 %
String objects sorting 3643.1 thousand/s 0 % 2592.6 thousand/s 28.8 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5360.3 millions/s 0 % 3593.2 millions/s 33 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3245.2 millions/s 0 % 1867.5 millions/s 42.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Duo E8500, Core2 Duo E6550.

Average frames per second Core2 Duo E8500 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.1 FPS 37.6 FPS
High settings 70.6 FPS 60.2 FPS
Medium settings 88.2 FPS 75.3 FPS
Low settings 110.2 FPS 94.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core2 Duo E8500 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.6 FPS 99.1 FPS
High settings 165.7 FPS 158.6 FPS
Medium settings 207.1 FPS 198.3 FPS
Low settings 258.9 FPS 247.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.3 %
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