Intel Core i5-4210U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000U Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• 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
  1.70 GHz 2.66 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz No
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.35 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Intel Core i5-4210U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 95 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-4210U and Intel Core i5-4210U, 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 MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Haswell U Yorkfield
• Technology
  22 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2009