Intel Core i5-3470T vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  3 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  - No

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

• Base Frequency
  2.9 GHz 2.66 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.6 GHz No
• 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
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  6 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 -
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Release date
  Q2/2012 -
• Shader
  48 -
• 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 2 Quad Q8400 and Intel Core i5-3470T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3470T and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 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
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3470T and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB No
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2009
• Socket
  LGA 1155 LGA 775
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d