Core 2 Quad Q9450 vs Xeon W-2225
Aggregate performance score
Xeon W-2225 outperforms Core 2 Quad Q9450 by a whopping 373% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1273 | 2507 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Power efficiency | 6.03 | 1.41 |
| Designer | Intel | Intel |
| Architecture codename | no data | Yorkfield (2007−2009) |
| Release date | 1 October 2019 (6 years ago) | March 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 4.1 GHz | 2.66 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.6 GHz | 2.67 GHz |
| Bus rate | 8 GT/s | 1333 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 12 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | 8.25 MB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 2x 107 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 61 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 71 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 820 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.85V-1.3625V |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 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 configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FCLGA2066 | LGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 95 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | + |
| Speed Shift | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | - |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | + |
| Flex Memory Access | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | + | - |
| PAE | 46 Bit | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
| FSB parity | no data | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | + |
| EDB | + | + |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | - | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | + |
| VT-x | + | + |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | 1 TB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 4 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 93.85 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon W-2225 and Core 2 Quad Q9450.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 48 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 5.91 | 1.25 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 105 Watt | 95 Watt |
Xeon W-2225 has a 372.8% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
Core 2 Quad Q9450, on the other hand, has 10.5% lower power consumption.
The Intel Xeon W-2225 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon W-2225 is a server/workstation processor while Core 2 Quad Q9450 is a desktop one.
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