Pentium G860T vs Core 2 Quad Q9000

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2464not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core 2 Quadno data
Power efficiency2.08no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)3 June 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$348no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache6 MB256 KB (per core)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C65 °C
Number of transistors410 Million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T 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 configurationno data1
SocketPGA478FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T 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 Q9000 and Pentium G860T 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 Q9000 and Pentium G860T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 3 June 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9000 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium G860T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9000 and Pentium G860T. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Core 2 Quad Q9000 is a notebook processor while Pentium G860T is a desktop one.


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