Core 2 Duo E7500 vs Core 2 Quad Q9100

Place in the ranking	2330	2688
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Core 2 Quad	no data
Power efficiency	2.54	1.05
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date	August 2008 (16 years ago)	10 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2.93 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.26 GHz	0.93 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	1066 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB (per die)	3 MB (shared)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm²	82 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	228 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05V-1.175V	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500 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	2	1
Socket	PGA478	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	-	-
AMT	+	no data
FSB parity	-	-

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	-
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500 are enumerated here.

VT-x

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9100 and Core 2 Duo E7500.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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 Q9100 1.21
+68.1%

Core 2 Duo E7500 0.72

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
+67.5%

Core 2 Duo E7500 1143