Athlon 220GE vs Core 2 Quad Q9400s

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9400s and Athlon 220GE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1682
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.08
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiencyno data7.54
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Zen (2017−2020)
Release date18 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$65

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9400s and Athlon 220GE 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 speed2.66 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.67 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
Multiplierno data34
L1 cache64 KB (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (shared)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 82 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)76 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9400s and Athlon 220GE 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA775AM4
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9400s and Athlon 220GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 Q9400s and Athlon 220GE 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 Q9400s and Athlon 220GE 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 Q9400s and Athlon 220GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD Radeon Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9400s and Athlon 220GE.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 January 2009 1 June 2018
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9400s has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon 220GE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

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