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Summary Benchmarks Specifications User Reviews Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance Rank 2 - 23 % Intel Atom N2800 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Multi-core performance Rank 2 - 35 % Intel Atom N2800 Rank 1 - 100 % Intel Core2 Duo E8500

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-CoreSingle-core performance

Intel Atom N2800 23 % 2C / 4T · 1.86 GHz 110 Intel Core2 Duo E8500 100 % 2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz 479 2,508 entriesShow all results

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-CoreMulti-core performance

Intel Atom N2800 35 % 2C / 4T · 1.86 GHz 305 Intel Core2 Duo E8500 100 % 2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz 873 2,479 entriesShow all results

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC) 1,962 entries Geekbench 6 (MC) 1,898 entries Geekbench 5 (SC) 2,508 entries Geekbench 5 (MC) 2,479 entries FP32 SP (iGPU) 2,190 entries PassMark CPU-Mark 2,488 entries CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC) 750 entries Geekbench 3 (SC) 942 entries Geekbench 3 (MC) 938 entries Cinebench R11.5 (SC) 825 entries Cinebench R11.5 (MC) 836 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Family	Intel Atom (108)	Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU group	Intel Atom N2000 (3)	Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14)
Architecture	Cedarview	Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology	32 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	BGA 559	LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	2 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	2x
Frequency:	1.86 GHz	3.16 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache	6.00 MB
L3-Cache	1.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
GPU name	Intel GMA 3600	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 32	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2
Max. GPU Memory	1 GB
Technology	65 nm
Release date	Q4/2008

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Memory	DDR3-1066 (8.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	4 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	1	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
TDP	6.5 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Atom N2800	Intel Core2 Duo E8500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE3	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
Release date	Q4/2011	Q1/2008
Release price	50 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Atom N2800 is 2.0 stars (2 ratings), while Intel Core2 Duo E8500 has received 4.3 stars (11 ratings). Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Atom N2800 2C / 4T · 1.86 GHz ★★★★★ Intel Core2 Duo E8500 2C / 2T · 3.16 GHz ★★★★★

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