Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700G. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 AMD Ryzen 5000G
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Ryzen
• Generation
  2 4
• Predecessor
  No AMD Ryzen 7 4700G
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No -
• Form Factor
  - Desktops / Boxed Processor
• Series
  - Ryzen 5000 Series

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

• Base Frequency
  2.66 GHz 3.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Max. Boost Clock
  - 4.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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
  - 8
• Generation
  - 9
• GPU Frequency
  - 2000 MHz
• GPU name
  - Radeon Graphics
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Graphics Cores
  - 8
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q1/2020
• Shader
  - 512
• Technology
  - 7 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 5700G and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 DDR4
• PCIe
  - PCIe 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  - 24
• PCIe version
  - 3.0
• System Memory Specification
  - 3200

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 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 95 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No 45 W
• TDP up
  No -
• Configurable TDP
  - 45-65 W
• Default TDP
  - 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 and AMD Ryzen 7 5700G, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Yorkfield Cezanne (Zen 3)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  6 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  No 16 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2008 2021-04-13
• Socket
  LGA 775 AM4
• Technology
  45 nm TSMC 7nm FinFET
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• Codename
  - Cezanne
• Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
  - 100-100000263BOX
• Manufacturer product ID (MPK)
  - 100-100000263MPK
• Manufacturer product ID (tray)
  - 100-000000263
• Operating systems
  - Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit / Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition
• Thermal Solution (PIB)
  - AMD Wraith Stealth