Athlon 64 3500+ vs Core 2 Quad Q8300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2337not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.19no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)San Diego (2001−2005)
Release dateNovember 2008 (15 years ago)January 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+ 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm130 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2230 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors456 million227 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+ 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
SocketLGA775939
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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 Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 1892
+402%
Athlon 64 3500+ 377

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
+142%
Athlon 64 3500+ 129

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 881
+659%
Athlon 64 3500+ 116

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 130 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 89 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q8300 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 188.9% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 64 3500+, on the other hand, has 6.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q8300 and Athlon 64 3500+. We've got no test results to judge.


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