Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 vs AMD FX-8320E. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo AMD FX
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 AMD FX-8000
• 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 3.20 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 4.00 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD FX-8320E and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 DDR3-1866
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 and AMD FX-8320E to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  6.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  No 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Yorkfield Vishera (Bulldozer)
• Technology
  45 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 AM3+
• Release date
  Q3/2008 Q3/2014