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Core 2 Duo E8500 vs Virtual CPU 2,84GHz


Description
The E8500 is based on Core architecture while the 2,84GHz is based on -.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the E8500 gets a score of 31.2 k points while the 2,84GHz gets 79.8 k points.

Summarizing, the 2,84GHz is 2.6 times faster than the E8500 . To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
1067a
f4a
Core
Wolfdale
-
Architecture
Core
Base frecuency
3.167 GHz
2.84 GHz
Socket
LGA 775
-
Cores/Threads
2/2
8/8
TDP
65 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
32+32 kB
- kB
Cache L2
6144 kB
- kB
Cache L3
kB
- kB
Date
August 2008
-
Mean monothread perf.
19.46k points
21.22k points
Mean multithread perf.
31.21k points
79.76k points

SSE3 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode I (SSE) is optimized for the use of SIMD instructions with 128 bits register and the SSE set up to version 3. Nearly every modern CPU has support for this mode.
Monothread
E8500
2,84GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
3.65k
4.27k (x1.17)
Test#2 (FP)
8.07k
8.93k (x1.11)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
3.15k
2.79k (x0.89)
Test#1 (Memory)
4.59k
5.23k (x1.14)
TOTAL
19.46k
21.22k (x1.09)

Multithread

E8500

2,84GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
7.11k
19.35k (x2.72)
Test#2 (FP)
15.79k
40.57k (x2.57)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
6.2k
13.15k (x2.12)
Test#1 (Memory)
2.13k
6.7k (x3.15)
TOTAL
31.21k
79.76k (x2.56)

Performance/W
E8500
2,84GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
109 points/W