Intel Core M-5Y71 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core M Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  5 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core M 5 Intel Core 2 Quad

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.20 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.90 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5300 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  8
• DirectX Version
  11.2
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2014

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Intel Core M-5Y71. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 0
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core M-5Y71 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4.5 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core M-5Y71 and Intel Core M-5Y71, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell Y Yorkfield
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1234 AM1
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q1/2008