Xeon E7-8830 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2101not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Seriesno dataIntel Xeon E7
Power efficiency1.55no data
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)5 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,280

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads416
Base clock speed3 GHz2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataQPI
Bus rate1333 MHz6.4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64 KB (per core)512 KB
L2 cache6 MB (per die)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB24 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size2x 107 mm2513 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °C64 °C
Number of transistors820 million2600 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830 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 configuration18 (Multiprocessor)
SocketLGA775FCLGA1567,LGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-1.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring++
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830 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 Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3-800, DDR3-978, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333, Speed-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data4 TB
Max memory channelsno data4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.113 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 8
Threads 4 16
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 105 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9650 has 10.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E7-8830, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Xeon E7-8830. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9650 is a desktop processor while Xeon E7-8830 is a server/workstation one.


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