Intel Atom Z3735G vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3700 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Family
  Intel Atom Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 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
  1.33 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.83 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  1.83 GHz -
• 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
  11.2 -
• Execution units
  4 -
• Generation
  7 -
• GPU Frequency
  310 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) -
• GPU Turbo
  650 MHz -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2013 -
• Shader
  32 -
• 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 Q9650 and Intel Atom Z3735G. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1333 SO-DIMM DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3735G and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 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)
  4 W 95 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3735G and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Bay Trail Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 12 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB No
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q3/2008
• Socket
  BGA 592 LGA 775
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT VT-x, VT-d