Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Intel Core i3-2102

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 1155
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 45 nm 32 nm
Transistors 820 million 504 million
Die size 2x 107 mm² 131 mm²
Package FC-LGA6 FC-LGA10

Performance

Frequency 3 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo clock
Base clock 333 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 9.0x 31.0x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.3625 V
TDP 95 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status End-of-life End-of-life
Release date Aug 10th, 2008 Jun 1st, 2011
Codename Yorkfield Sandy Bridge
Generation Core 2 Quad Core i3
Part SLB8W SR05D
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 2
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 (per die) 256K (per core)
Cache L3 3MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

EIST Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SMT Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD-Bit Yes
iAMT2 Yes

Notes

Notes Can be "upgraded" to Core i3-2153 to operate at 3600MHz by purchasing and downloading Intel software.

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