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HotHardware takes an in depth look at the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor in this article. The E8500 is based on Intel's 45nm Wolfdale core whichRead more
Intel and AMD are constantly competing to release the best processor hardware at the most affordable prices. Intel’s Core 2 Duo chipset was one of its better ...Read more
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General

Processor socketFM2LGA 775LGA 1155LGA 1155
Component forPC
N/A
PC
N/A
Operating modes64-bit
N/A
64-bit64-bit

Processor

Clock speed3.9 GHz3.16 GHz3.3 GHz3.1 GHz
Number of cores2224
Thermal Design Power (TDP)65.0 W65.0 W65.0 W95.0 W
Processor lithography0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in0.0 in
Bus speed
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1333.0 MHz
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N/A
Number of threads
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44
Bus type
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N/A
DMIDMI
Idle states
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Max turbo speed
N/A
N/A
N/A
3.4 GHz

Memory

Cache1 MB6 MB3 MB6 MB
Cache typeL2
N/A
L3L3
Memory clock speeds supported by processor1866.0 MHz
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N/A
N/A
Memory types supported by processorDDR3 SDRAM
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DDR3 SDRAM
N/A
Maximum internal memory supported by processor
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N/A
32.0 GB32.0 GB
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)
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N/A
21.0 GB/s21.0 GB/s
Memory channels
N/A
N/A
Dual
N/A

Thermals

Thermal specification158.0 °F162.32 °F156.38 °F162.68 °F

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