Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core2 Duo Apple M series
• Generation
  2 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 Apple M2
• Predecessor
  No --
• Successor
  No --

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
  2.33 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 and Apple M2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 15 W
• TDP up
  No 20 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No --
• TDP down
  No 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  80 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  No --
• Architecture
  Yorkfield M2
• Technology
  45 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  LGA 775 N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2008 Q1/2022