The AMD Phenom X2 Dual-Core GE-5060 is newer than Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz also around 18% faster in multi-threaded (CPU Mark) testing, but Intel Core2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz is around 20% faster in single-thread testing. All the CPUs in this comparison belong in the Desktop CPU Class.The values below were tabulated from a combined 2474 benchmarks submitted from our PerformanceTest software and results and are updated daily to include new submissions.
- The first section will show basic information for each CPU selected.
- The additional graphs shows the CPU Mark and Single Thread values of each CPU selected.
- An accompany graph, if price data is available, will shows the value for money, in terms of the
CPU Mark/Thread Rating per dollar.
- The last section will show approximate yearly running costs for the CPUs.