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Is the Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Cores: 2 Threads: 2
Typical TDP: 65 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 6144 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz, Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: 13.93
Overall Rank:
4078th fastest in multithreading out of 5785 CPUs
2936th fastest in single threading out of 5785 CPUs
1173rd fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $98.95 USD (2025-01-27)
| Integer Math | 6,002 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 3,456 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 11 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 3,737 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 341.6 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 28,276 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 164 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 495 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,388 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,451 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,294 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,941 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,700 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,583 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,084 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,679 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,640 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,133 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz | 1,378 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.53 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 130.24 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.40 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.87 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.95 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.60 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz | 13.93 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,694 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,600 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,516 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,886 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,676 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,365 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,914 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz | 1,388 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3011437 - Oct 28 2025 | 1572 | |
| BL3007292 - Oct 27 2025 | 1376 | |
| BL2968043 - Oct 11 2025 | 1531 | |
| BL2967995 - Oct 11 2025 | 1525 | |
| BL2946049 - Oct 01 2025 | 1547 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz | 1,378 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,302 (-5.5%) | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8200 @ 2.66GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,144 (-17.0%) | |
| AMD Athlon II X2 235e vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,079 (-21.7%) | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 730 (-47.0%) | |
| AMD A6-7400K APU vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,680 (+21.9%) | |
| AMD A6-6400K APU vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,515 (+9.9%) | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E7600 @ 3.06GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,133 (-17.8%) | |
| AMD A4-3400 APU vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,075 (-22.0%) | |
| AMD Athlon 7850 Dual-Core vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 1,058 (-23.2%) | |
| AMD Athlon 7750 Dual-Core vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 997 (-27.7%) | |
| Intel Pentium E5300 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 934 (-32.2%) | |
| AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600 | 912 (-33.8%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 14,501 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,426 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,123 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,794 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,516 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,382 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,258 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,194 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,772 | |
| Intel Core2 Duo E8600 @ 3.33GHz | 257 |
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