Core 2 Quad Q8300: specs and benchmarks

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Core 2 Quad Q8300
2008
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.19

Core 2 Quad Q8300 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.19% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core 2 Quad Q8300 sales on November 2008. This is an Yorkfield architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA775 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt and a maximum temperature of 71 °C. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core 2 Quad Q8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2346
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.19of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)
Release dateNovember 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2.5 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.5 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate1333 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache4 MB (shared)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size2x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cof 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors456 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q8300 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
Demand Based Switching-
FSB parity-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-
EDB+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Quad Q8300. Overall benchmark performance 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 Q8300 1.19

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 Q8300 1891

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 Q8300 312

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 Q8300 882

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

Core 2 Quad Q8300 4000

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core 2 Quad Q8300's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Celeron G1850 100.84
Core 2 Quad Q8300 100
A6-9500 99.16
PRO A6-8550B 99.16

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core 2 Quad Q8300 is Athlon II X3 455, which is slower by 1% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core 2 Quad Q8300:

A8-6500T 101.68
PRO A6-8570 100.84
Athlon 5370 100.84
Core 2 Quad Q8300 100
A6-9500 99.16
PRO A6-8550B 99.16

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Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core 2 Quad Q8300, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core 2 Quad Q8300 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 4454 configurations using Core 2 Quad Q8300 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.4% (16/4454)
RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 4080
0.02% (1/4454)
RTX 4070 Ti GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
0.02% (1/4454)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.1% (5/4454)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.04% (2/4454)
RX 6900 XT Radeon RX 6900 XT
0.04% (2/4454)
RX 6900 Radeon RX 6900
0.02% (1/4454)
RTX 3090 GeForce RTX 3090
0.02% (1/4454)
RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.02% (1/4454)

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