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Intel

Intel Core 2 Duo E8300

Processor

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Thermal design power: 65 W

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Processing & platform

CPU cores: 2
CPU threads: 2^*
Base clock: 2.83 GHz
CPU reference clock: 333 MHz^*
Reported CPU clock: 2.833 GHz^*
L2 cache: 6 MB
Architecture: Wolfdale^*
Socket / package: LGA 775
Process node: 45 nm^*
Reported chip die area: 107 mm²^*
Chip/package TDP: 65 W^*
Transistors: 410 million^*
Hardware threads per core: 2^*

Cache hierarchy

L2 / total
Level
L2
Scope
total
Size
6 MB

Compatible sockets

LGA 775

Power specifications

Thermal design power: 65 W

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 8 fields

Release: Apr 1st, 2008^*
Name: Core 2 Duo E8300^*
Codename: Wolfdale^*
Cores: 2^*
Clock: 2.833^* GHz
Socket: Socket 775^*
Process: 45^* nm
TDP: 65^* W

Specifications 2 · 12 fields

model: E8300^*
clock: 2,830^*
hw nthreadspercore: 2^*
hw ncores: 2^*
tdp: 65^*
transistors: 410^*
die size: 107^*
vdd low: 0.85^*
vdd high: 1.3625^*
name Processor family: Core 2 Duo^*
name Processor code name: Wolfdale^*
l2 shared CPU cache configuration: 6,144^*

Specifications 3 · 31 fields

name: Core 2 Duo E8300^*
Release Date: Apr 1st, 2008^*
Part#: SLAPJ SLAPN^*
Frequency: 2.833^* GHz
Base Clock: 333^* MHz
Multiplier: 8.5x^*
Multiplier Unlocked: No^*
Voltage: 1.2^* V
TDP: 65^* W
Codename: Wolfdale^*
Socket: Intel Socket 775^*
Generation: Core 2 Duo (Wolfdale)^*
Memory Support: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3^*
ECC Memory: No^*
# of Cores: 2^*
# of Threads: 2^*
SMP # CPUs: 1^*
Integrated Graphics: On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)^*
Cache L1: 64 KB (per core)^*
Cache L2: 6 MB (shared)^*
Features: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, Intel 64, C1E, C2E, EIST, TXT, VT^*
Foundry: Intel^*
Memory Bus: Dual-channel^*
PCI-Express: Gen 2^*
Process Size: 45^* nm
tCaseMax: 72°C^*
Transistors: 410 million^*
Die Size: 107^* mm²
Package: FC-LGA6^*
Market: Desktop^*
Production Status: End-of-life^*

Specifications 4 · 10 fields

Foundry: Intel^*
Vendor: Intel^*
Product: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
Type: CPU^*
Release Date: 2008-04-01^*
Process Size (nm): 45^* nm
TDP (W): 65^* W
Die Size (mm^2): 107^* mm²
Transistors (million): 410^*
Freq (MHz): 2,833^* MHz

Specifications 5 · 6 fields

microarchitecture

Wolfdale^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Reported core clock

2.83^* GHz

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Source calls this core clock; it is not relabelled as base, sustained or gaming clock.^*

core count

2^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

Historical listing price (dataset 2025-07-23)

amount: 99.95^*
currency: USD^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*
scope: Historical listing observation; retailer, stock and current availability unknown^*

USD

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

name

Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

tdp

65^* W

Scope and conditions

source_native_row_context

category: cpu^*
original_product_name: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
catalogue_reference: Intel Core 2 Duo E8300^*
identity_scope: source-exact-processor-name^*
dataset_date: 2025-07-23^*

scope

Historical publisher declaration. Missing or conflicting observations remain unverified; no benchmark or tested performance inferred.^*

* Provisional data