Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Intel Core i3-3240 on one side and the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 on the other side, also their respective performances with the benchmarks. The first is dedicated to the desktop sector, It has 2 cores, 4 threads, a maximum frequency of 3.4GHz. The second is used on the desktop segment, it has a total of 4 cores, 4 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 3.0 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench and Cinebench.
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Specification comparison:
Processor Intel Core i3-3240 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650Market (main)Desktop DesktopISAx86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)MicroarchitectureIvy Bridge PenrynCore nameIvy Bridge YorkfieldFamilyCore i3-3000 Core 2 Quad 9000Part number(s), S-Spec
BX80637I33240, BXC80637I33240, CM8063701247800, CM8063701137900, QC8J, QCFX, SR0RH
BX80569Q9650, BXC80569Q9650, AT80569PJ080N, QHGF, SLB8W
Release dateQ3 2012 Q3 2008Lithography22 nm 45 nmTransistors830,000,000 820,000,000Cores2 4Threads4 4Base frequency3.4 GHz 3.0 GHzTurbo frequency- -High performance cores
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4 Cores 4 Threads @ 3.0 GHz
Cache memory3 MB 12 MBMax memory capacity32 GB 8 GBMemory types
DDR3 1333/1600
DDR3-1333
Max PCIe lanes16 16TDP55 W 95 WSuggested PSU600W ATX Power Supply
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Trusted Execution Technology, Execute Disable Bit
CPU-Z single thread308 257CPU-Z multi thread855 940Cinebench R15 single thread118 86Cinebench R15 multi-thread278 337Cinebench R20 single thread224 180Cinebench R20 multi-thread576 717PassMark single thread1,789 1,281PassMark CPU Mark2,269 2,368(Windows) Geekbench 4 single core3,015 2,162(Windows) Geekbench 4 multi-core5,881 6,263(Windows) Geekbench 5 single core610 436(Windows) Geekbench 5 multi-core1,329 1,361(SGEMM) GFLOPS Performance67.1 GFLOPS 73.64 GFLOPS(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio107 pts / W 66 pts / WAmazon
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The processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a larger number of cores, the maximum frequency of Intel Core i3-3240 is greater, that the PDT of Intel Core i3-3240 is lower. The Intel Core i3-3240 was designed earlier.
Performance comparison with the benchmarks:
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench.
CPU-Z - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 20%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 10%.
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CPU-Z is a system information software that provides the name of the processor, its model number, the codename, the cache levels, the package, the process. It can also gives data about the mainboard, the memory. It makes real time measurement, with finally a benchmark for the single thread, as well as for the multi thread.
Cinebench R15 - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 37%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 21%.
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Cinebench R15 evaluates the performance of CPU calculations by restoring a photorealistic 3D scene. The scene has 2,000 objects, 300,000 polygons, uses sharp and fuzzy reflections, bright areas, shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and so on. The faster the rendering of the scene is created, the more powerful the PC is, with a high number of points.
Cinebench R20 - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 24%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 24%.
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Cinebench R20 is a multi-platform test software which allows to evaluate the hardware capacities of a device such as a computer, a tablet, a server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant.
PassMark - CPU Mark & single thread Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 40%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 4%.
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PassMark is a benchmarking software that performs several performance tests including prime numbers, integers, floating point, compression, physics, extended instructions, encoding, sorting. The higher the score is, the higher is the device capacity.
With Windows:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Windows Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 39%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 6%.
With Linux:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Linux Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 10%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 49%.
With Mac OS X:
Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Mac OS X Intel Core i3-3240
In single core, the difference is 57%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 6%.
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Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.
With Windows:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Windows Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 40%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 2%.
With Linux:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Linux Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
In single core, the difference is 37%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 37%.
With macOS:
Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - macOS Intel Core i3-3240
In single core, the difference is 32%. In multi-core, the differential gap is 2%.
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Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.