Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 vs Intel Celeron 2.20

Comparative analysis of Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 and Intel Celeron 2.20 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
• Around 51% higher clock speed: 3.33 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
• Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 72.4°C vs 70°C
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
• 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 48x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• 2.6x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1401 vs 537
• 6.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1380 vs 213

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2.20

• Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 57.1 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2.20

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1401 537
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1380 213

Compare specifications (specs)