Intel Core i7-5500U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  5 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Mobile 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
  2.4 GHz 2.33 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 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  2.9 GHz 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
  11.2 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  8 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 -
• GPU Turbo
  950 MHz -
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2015 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 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
  Decode -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Intel Core i7-5500U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-5500U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 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
  - 80 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-5500U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Broadwell U Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB No
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q3/2008
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 775
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d