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Is the Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA775
Clockspeed: 2.7 GHz
Cores: 4 Threads: 4
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz, Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz, Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2009
CPUmark/$Price: 16.08
Overall Rank:
3207th fastest in multithreading out of 5157 CPUs
3140th fastest in single threading out of 5157 CPUs
942nd fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $128.88 USD (2021-01-23)
Integer Math | 9,919 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 5,614 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 7 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 6,075 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 550.1 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 46,151 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 147 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 813 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 1,142 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,652 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,295 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,015 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,143 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,861 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,487 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,164 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,704 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,146 | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz | 2,072 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.08 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 196.84 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 162.57 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 152.34 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 136.17 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 131.36 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.23 | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz | 16.08 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,138 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,921 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz | 1,142 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2700013 - Jun 16 2025 | 2325 | |
BL2692727 - Jun 13 2025 | 2309 | |
BL2616885 - May 11 2025 | 2292 | |
BL2616840 - May 11 2025 | 2272 | |
BL2545132 - Apr 10 2025 | 2137 |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,452 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,150 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,297 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,843 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,586 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,483 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,809 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,803 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,639 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,526 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,517 | |
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66GHz | 155 |