Turion II M560 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2243not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Turion II
Power efficiency1.33no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Caspian (2009)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560 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 speed2.66 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache6 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size2x 81 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 Q9400 and Turion II M560 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
SocketLGA775Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
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

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560 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 Q9400 and Turion II M560 are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9400 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Turion II M560, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9400 and Turion II M560. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9400 is a desktop processor while Turion II M560 is a notebook one.


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