Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 vs Intel Core i3-1115G4E. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 11
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 Intel Core i 1100G/11000U
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.66 GHz 2.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.90 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1115G4E and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-3733
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Intel Core i3-1115G4E to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 15 W
• TDP up
  No 28 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No 12 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C 100 °C

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Yorkfield Tiger Lake U
• Technology
  45 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 BGA 1449
• Release date
  Q2/2009 Q3/2020