The Core 2 Duo P8700 takes the basic ingredients of the Penryn microarchitecture, which brings an average of 15% more instructions per cycle (IPC) throughput, and 45nm process and melds them into a high-performance chip that is impressive across our test suite, especially when we factor in the competitive pricing, backward compatibility with most PGA478 socket motherboards, unlocked overclocking features, and bundled cooler. The Core 2 Duo P8700 is based on the Penryn 45nm family and is part of the Core 2 Duo series.Ĭore 2 Duo P8700 is also the successor of Intel's last gen Core 2 Duo T7700 processor that was based on the Merom and 65nm process and was released in 2007. With base clock at 2.53GHz, max speed at 2.53GHz, and a 25W power rating. It was released in 2009 with 2 cores and 2 threads.
The Core 2 Duo P8700 is one of Intel's high-end Laptop processors.
