Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  13 2
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12600K No
• Segment
  Desktop Desktop / Server
• Successor
  No No

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

• A-Core
  6x Raptor Cove / 3.40 GHz (5.30 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont / 2.80 GHz (4.00 GHz) -
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid normal
• CPU Cores
  14 4
• CPU Threads
  20 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 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
  12 -
• Execution units
  32 -
• Generation
  12 -
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 -
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz -
• Max. displays
  4 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2022 -
• Shader
  256 -
• Technology
  10 nm -

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

• AV1
  Decode -
• 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 -
• VP9
  Decode / Encode -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Intel Core i5-13600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 16 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  89.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR5-5600 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13600K and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 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 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  171 W No
• TDP down
  No No
• TDP up
  No No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13600K and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake S Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  20.00 MB 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  24.00 MB No
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q1/2008
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 775
• Technology
  10 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d