Core 2 Quad Q9450 vs Xeon X3470

Place in the ranking	1893	2224
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	2.05	1.37
Architecture codename	no data	Yorkfield (2007−2009)
Release date	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)	March 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	8	4
Base clock speed	2.93 GHz	2.66 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.67 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1333 MHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	no data	12 MB (shared)
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	2x 107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	820 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 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	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	-
Idle States	+	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	+	-
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FSB parity	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	+
VT-x	+	+
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3470 and Core 2 Quad Q9450.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

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.

Xeon X3470 2.06
+49.3%

Core 2 Quad Q9450 1.38

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.

Xeon X3470 3269
+49.5%

Core 2 Quad Q9450 2186