Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs Intel Core i7-3770. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Core i7
• Generation
  2 3
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i 3000

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
  2.50 GHz 3.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.50 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.50 GHz 3.90 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  no iGPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.15 GHz
• Execution units
  16
• Shader
  128
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  11.0
• Technology
  22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2011

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3770 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Intel Core i7-3770 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 77 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, 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
  SSE3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Yorkfield Ivy Bridge S
• Technology
  45 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  AM1 LGA 1155
• Release date
  Q1/2008 Q2/2012