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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333MHz FSB Processor Review
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333MHz FSB Processor Review - PCSTATS
The 3.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 CPU is a dual-core chip based on the 45nm 'Wolfdale' core that falls into the upper end of family, supplanted only by the relatively expensive Core 2 Duo E8600.
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32-Bit CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra Processor / Memory

SiSoft Sandra 2009 - Processor Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance. Higher results are best.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra 2009 v15.72 - Processor
Processor Arithmetic Dhrystone ALU: (GIPS) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 68.25
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 24.86
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 23.56
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 43.7
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 28.64
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 28.7
Processor Arithmetic Whetstone iSSE3: (Gflops) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 60.22
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 23.41
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 22.17
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 42.17
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 27.64
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 27.9
Processor Multi-Media Int x8 iSSE3: (Mpixels/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 119.35
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 57.08
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 54.17
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 125.63
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 81.85
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 81.92
Processor Multi-Media Float x4 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 95.4
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 32.83
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 31.22
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 55
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 36.04
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 36.08
Processor Multi-Media Float x2 iSSE2: (Mpixels/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 49.63
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 16.63
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 15.76
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 29.99
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 19.68
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 19.68

All of SiSoft's processor benchmarks make good use of parallel processing, so the Core 2 Duo processors don't stand much of a chance here against the monster Core i7 920's performance.

SiSoft Sandra 2009 - Memory Source: Sandra

Sandra is designed to test the theoretical power of a complete system and individual components. The numbers taken though are again, purely theoretical and may not represent real world performance. Higher bandwidth and lower latencies are best.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportSiSoft Sandra 2009 v15.72 - Memory
Multicore Efficiency Bandwidth: (GB/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 30.51
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 9.57
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 9.11
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 4.75
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 3.67
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 3.72
Multicore Efficiency Latency: (ns) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 17
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 42
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 44
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 89
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 83
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 80
Memory Bandwidth Int iSSE2: (GB/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 18.86
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6.77
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 7.26
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 12.18
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 11.38
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 11.45
Memory Bandwidth Float iSSE2: (GB/s) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 18.86
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 6.65
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 7.27
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 12.17
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 11.41
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 11.42
Memory Latency (Random): (ns) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 81
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 86
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 77
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 83
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 82
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 84
Memory Latency (Linear): (ns) Ranking
Intel Core i7 920 9
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 12
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 11
AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition 15
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR2) 14
AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition (DDR3) 15

The Core 2 Duo E8500's memory performance has a lot of bottlenecks it has to put up with, including slower DDR3 memory frequencies, dual-channel bandwidth instead of triple-channel, and having to rely on a northbridge memory controller instead of having a memory controller on-chip. All of this adds up to good overall memory performance, but nowhere near that of Intel's new Core i7 processors.

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Contents of Article: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
 Pg 1.  Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16GHz 1333MHz FSB Processor Review
 Pg 2.  CPU Power Consumption Tests
 Pg 3.  Overclocking the Core 2 Duo E8500
 Pg 4.  32-bit CPU System Benchmarks: SYSMark 2007, PCMark Vantage
 Pg 5.  — 32-Bit CPU Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra Processor / Memory
 Pg 6.  32-Bit CPU Calculation Benchmarks: Super Pi, wPrime2.0, ScienceMark2, WinRAR
 Pg 7.  32-Bit CPU Rendering Benchmarks: Cinebench R10, Bibble 5, POV-Ray 3.7, SPECviewPerf 10
 Pg 8.  32-Bit CPU Synthetic Gaming Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage, 3DMark 06
 Pg 9.  32-Bit CPU Gaming Benchmarks: Crysis, FEAR
 Pg 10.  Conclusions - E8500 CPU Worth the Trade Up?

 
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