Xeon Gold 6330H vs Core 2 Quad Q8400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2235not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release date19 April 2009 (15 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H 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)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads448
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.67 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 82 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H 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 configuration14
SocketFCLGA775,LGA775FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt150 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
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 Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory sizeno data1.12 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 April 2009 6 April 2021
Physical cores 4 24
Threads 4 48
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 150 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q8400 has 57.9% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6330H, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q8400 and Xeon Gold 6330H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q8400 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6330H is a server/workstation one.


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