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Is the Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300 @ 2.53GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: PGA478
Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 45 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 6144 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU Q9300 @ 2.53GHz, Intel Core2 Extreme CPU Q9300 @ 2.53GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2008
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:
3669th fastest in multithreading out of 5822 CPUs
3731st fastest in single threading out of 5822 CPUs
1026th fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 8,905 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 4,414 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 17 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 5,319 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 484.2 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 40,297 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 212 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 733 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 1,036 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,410 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,252 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,935 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,595 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,075 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,677 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,130 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300 @ 2.53GHz | 1,940 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 161.17 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 144.67 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.55 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.85 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.88 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.54 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 45.20 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300 @ 2.53GHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,693 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,599 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,885 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,366 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,913 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300 @ 2.53GHz | 1,036 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3300814 - Feb 21 2026 | 2325 | |
| BL3012332 - Oct 29 2025 | 600 | |
| BL2744044 - Jul 05 2025 | 2261 | |
| BL2247563 - Nov 17 2024 | 2286 | |
| BL5070385 - Aug 08 2024 | 2448 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,426 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,122 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,266 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,611 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,523 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,388 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,373 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 10,291 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,163 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,792 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,443 | |
| Intel Core2 Extreme Q9300 @ 2.53GHz | 181 |
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