Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711). Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Broadcom BCM
• Generation
  2 4
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Broadcom BCM2711

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 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.50 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  2.50 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 4x Cortex-A72

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 Broadcom VideoCore VI
• GPU frequency
  0.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  64
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  06/2019

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Max. Memory
  8192 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  0 1

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 7.5 W
• TDP down
  -- 3 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 None
• ISA extensions
  SSE3
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Yorkfield Cortex-A72
• Technology
  45 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  AM1 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2008 06/2019