Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000U Intel Core 2 Quad
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  8 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.9 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz

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
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 -
• Generation
  9.5 -
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 620 no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  1100 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2016 -
• Shader
  192 -
• Technology
  14 nm -

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Intel Core i5-8265U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 0
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM -
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-8265U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-8265U and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Whiskey Lake U Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2008
• Socket
  BGA 1356 AM1
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d