Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 vs Intel Core i7-3517U

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel BGA 1023
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 22 nm
Transistors 456 million unknown
Die size 2x 82 mm² 118 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-BGA12F
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.666 GHz 1900 MHz
Turbo clock up to 3 GHz
Base clock 333 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 8.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.11 V
TDP 95 W 17 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Mobile
Production status End-of-life unknown
Release date Apr 19th, 2009 Jun 3rd, 2012
Codename Yorkfield Ivy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i7
Part SLGT6 SR0N6
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel unknown Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 2
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 4000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 4MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 4MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSSE3 Yes
TXT Yes
VT-d Yes
VT-x Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes Intel HD 4000 frequency: 350-1150MHz

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