Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs Intel Core i5-2500K

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 1155
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 456 million 1,160 million
Die size 2x 82 mm² 216 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA10
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz
Base clock 333 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 7.5x 33.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
Voltage 1.11 V
TDP 95 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Mar 10th, 2008 Jan 9th, 2011
Codename Yorkfield Sandy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i5
Part SLAWE SR008
Memory support DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2 Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Intel HD 3000

Cache

Cache L1 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 6MB (shared) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 6MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

AES-NI Yes
AVX Yes
EIST Yes 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-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

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