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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 vs Intel Core i7-950

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 65 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-950
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 59 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-950
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
369
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
569
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
1,155
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
2,313
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
894
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,442

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)Intel Core i7 900 (7)
ArchitectureYorkfield (Penryn)Bloomfield
Technology45 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 1366
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 2.66 GHz 3.06 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.33 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache4.00 MB1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
GPU nameno iGPUno 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 Q8400Intel Core i7-950
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB24 GB
Memory channels23
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
TDP95 W130 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400Intel Core i7-950
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ2/2009Q2/2009
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
Intel Core i7-950
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 - 3.33 GHz

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