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Intel Core i3-4030U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 96 %

Intel Core i3-4030U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 66 %

Intel Core i3-4030U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

449

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

469

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

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

1,040

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,550

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

2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

509

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,021

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 4000U (26)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
Architecture	Haswell U	Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology	22 nm	45 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1168	LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x	4x
Frequency:	1.90 GHz	3.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4400	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.20 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	20 / 160	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
Technology	22 nm
Release date	Q2/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
TDP	15 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-4030U	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
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	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release date	Q2/2014	Q3/2008
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i3-4030U
2C / 4T · 1.90 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

★★★★★