Intel Core i3-4030U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000U Intel Core 2 Quad
• Family
  Intel Core i3 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  1.9 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.5 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
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 -
• Generation
  7.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4400 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz No turbo
• 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 No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Intel Core i3-4030U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 0
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMMDDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1333LPDDR3-1600 -
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i3-4030U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 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
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i3-4030U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell U Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q1/2008
• Socket
  BGA 1168 AM1
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d