Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 vs Intel Core i3-4170. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 Intel Core i 4000
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 4
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No -

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 3.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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
  - 11.1
• Execution units
  - 20
• Generation
  - 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  - 350 MHz
• GPU name
  - Intel HD Graphics 4400
• GPU Turbo
  - 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  - Q2/2013
• Shader
  - 160
• Technology
  - 22 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)
  - No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  - No
• JPEG
  - Decode
• VC-1
  - Decode
• VP8
  - No
• VP9
  - No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-4170 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 DDR3-1333DDR3-1600DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Intel Core i3-4170 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 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  95 W 54 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  No -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Intel Core i3-4170, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Yorkfield Haswell S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  12 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 3 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2008 Q1/2015
• Socket
  LGA 775 LGA 1150
• Technology
  45 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d