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Intel logo Core2 Duo E8500
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Intel logo Pentium E6600

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General information Core2 Duo E8500 Pentium E6600
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Wolfdale Wolfdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 3.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Duo E8500 Pentium E6600
Overall Score 30055 0 % 29178 2.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 52.4 % 21 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 816 0 % 725 11.2 %
Single Thread Score 1319.7 0 % 1186 10.1 %
Encrypting Data 1853.8 MB/s 0 % 1650 MB/s 11 %
Compressing Data 25.7 MB/s 0 % 23.2 MB/s 9.8 %
String objects sorting 3643.1 thousand/s 0 % 3227.3 thousand/s 11.4 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 49.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5360.3 millions/s 0 % 5200.8 millions/s 3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3245.2 millions/s 0 % 3012 millions/s 7.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Duo E8500, Pentium E6600.

Average frames per second Core2 Duo E8500 Pentium E6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 44.1 FPS 41.6 FPS
High settings 70.6 FPS 66.6 FPS
Medium settings 88.2 FPS 83.3 FPS
Low settings 110.2 FPS 104.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %

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 Pentium E6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.6 FPS 102.0 FPS
High settings 165.7 FPS 163.2 FPS
Medium settings 207.1 FPS 204.1 FPS
Low settings 258.9 FPS 255.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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