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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6550
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E6550
100 %
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.50 GHz
2C / 2T · 2.33 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| Family | Intel Core2 Quad (19) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16) | Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15) |
| Architecture | Yorkfield (Penryn) | Conroe (Core) |
| Technology | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 775 | LGA 775 |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x |
| Frequency: | 2.50 GHz | 2.33 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | ||
| CUs / Shader | / | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | ||
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | ||
| Release date |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| Memory | DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| TDP | 95 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 | Intel Core2 Duo E6550 |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3 |
| Release date | Q3/2008 | Q3/2007 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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