Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 vs Intel Core i3-3227U

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel BGA 1023
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 22 nm
Transistors 410 million unknown
Die size 107 mm² 118 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-BGA12F
tCaseMax 72°C —

Performance

Frequency 3.166 GHz 1900 MHz
Turbo clock — —
Base clock 333 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9.5x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.2 V —
TDP 65 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Jan 1st, 2008 Jan 8th, 2013
Codename Wolfdale Ivy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Duo Core i3
Part SLAPKSLB9K SR0XF
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 —

Cores

Total Cores 2 2
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics — Intel HD 4000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 6MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 — 3MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Spec Code of E0 Stepping: SLB9K Intel HD 4000 frequency: 350-1100MHz

Features & Technologies

AVX — Yes
C1E Yes —
C2E Yes —
EIST Yes Yes
HTT — Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes —
SSE4.2 — Yes
SSSE3 — Yes
TXT Yes —
VT Yes —
VT-x — Yes
XD bit — Yes

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