AMD E1-6010 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD E1/E2-6000 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  AMD E Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Successor
  - No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.35 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 -
• Execution units
  2 -
• Generation
  6 -
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R2 (Beema) -
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2015 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  28 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 and AMD E1-6010. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD E1-6010 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  10 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD E1-6010 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Beema (Puma) Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  1 MB No
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2009
• Socket
  AM1 LGA 775
• Technology
  28 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-d