Celeron B710 vs Core 2 Quad Q9100

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2322not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore 2 QuadIntel Celeron
Power efficiency2.53no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)19 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$70

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 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 speed2.26 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.26 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate1066 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache6 MB (per die)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB1.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size2x 107 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.175Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 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 configuration21 (Uniprocessor)
SocketPGA478PGA988,PPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology--
Hyper-Threading Technology--
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switching--
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
AMT+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+-
EDB++
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Celeron B710.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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 Q9100 1915
+1707%
Celeron B710 106

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Quad Q9100 2905
+41.6%
Celeron B710 2051

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Quad Q9100 3310
+281%
Celeron B710 868

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9100 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Celeron B710, on the other hand, has a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

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