Xeon Gold 6544Y vs Core 2 Quad Q8300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2305not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Emerald Rapids (2023)
Release dateNovember 2008 (15 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz4.1 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64K (per core)80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB45 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size2x 81 mm22x 763 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °C75 °C
Number of transistors456 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration12
SocketLGA775FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt270 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-5200
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data8
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataN/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data80

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 16
Threads 4 32
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 270 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q8300 has 184.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6544Y, on the other hand, has 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Xeon Gold 6544Y. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q8300 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6544Y is a server/workstation one.


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