Comparing Intel Core i7-7700K vs Intel Core i7-7700K

description_compare Intel Core i7-7700K and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300

• Name
  Intel Core i7-7700K Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  7 2
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 7000 Intel Core 2 Quad
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-6700K --
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-8700K --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  4.20 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  4.40 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 630 no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  24
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 0
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

• AES-NI
  Yes No

• TDP (PL1)
  91 W 95 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaby Lake S Yorkfield
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 AM1
• Release date
  Q1/2017 Q1/2008

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown