Athlon Gold 3150U vs Core 2 Quad Q9300

Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Quad Q9300
2008
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.25
Athlon Gold 3150U
2020
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.51
+101%

Athlon Gold 3150U outperforms Core 2 Quad Q9300 by a whopping 101% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23101755
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Power efficiency1.2415.83
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache64K (per core)192 KB
L2 cache6 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 million4500 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U 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 configuration1no data
SocketLGA775FP5
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity+no data
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Quad Q9300 1.25
Athlon Gold 3150U 2.51
+101%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Quad Q9300 1986
Athlon Gold 3150U 3989
+101%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Quad Q9300 318
Athlon Gold 3150U 815
+156%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Quad Q9300 890
Athlon Gold 3150U 1670
+87.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.25 2.51
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 15 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9300 has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 3150U, on the other hand, has a 100.8% higher aggregate performance score, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 3150U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Quad Q9300 in performance tests.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9300 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 3150U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Athlon Gold 3150U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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