Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
• Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.33 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
• 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 89 Watt
• Around 65% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1323 vs 802
• Around 95% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 439 vs 225
• Around 77% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 754 vs 427

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1507 vs 1281

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1323 802
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1281 1507
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	439 225
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	754 427

Compare specifications (specs)