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19.11.2  Intel Core 2 Quad Q9xxx series processor (Yorkfield)

Identification


Model name: Core 2 Quad Q9xxx series.
Code name: Yorkfield.
Supplier: Intel.
Component class: CPU.

Generation


Generation: Core 2.

Compatibility


Quad-core technology.

64 bit technology: EM64T.

Multimedia instruction sets: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3. SSSE3, SSE4.1.

Cache


L1 cache: (4x) 32 kbyte instruction cache, 32 kbyte data cache (Harvard architecture).
Two-by-two shared L2 cache: (2x) 6 Mbyte.

Architecture


333 MHz QDR Front-Side Bus (FSB).

Memory protection: XD bit.

Protected program execution environment: LaGrande Technology (LT).

Virtualization Technology (VT, Vanderpool).

Multi-processing


Quad-core technology: two Dual-Core dies in SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processing) configuration (Dual-Chip Module, DCM).

Multiplier


Power management


Power management:

  • Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST),
  • Enhanced Halt State (C1E),
  • from stepping E0: ACNT2,
  • from stepping E0: Power Status Indicator (PSI).

Clock speed


Clock speed Model Cache Multiplier Introduction Order part numbers
333/2500 MHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 CPU 6 Mbyte L2 7.5 March 2008 OEM (stepping M1): EU80580PJ0606M,
PIB: BXC80580Q9300,
PIB: BX80580Q9300
333/2666 MHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 CPU 12 Mbyte L2 8 March 2008 OEM (stepping C1): EU80569PJ067N,
PIB: BXC80569Q9450,
PIB: BX80569Q9450
333/2833 MHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU 12 Mbyte L2 8.5 March 2008 OEM (stepping C1): EU80569PJ073N,
OEM (stepping E0): AT80569PJ073N,
PIB: BXC80569Q9550,
PIB: BX80569Q9550

Physics


Voltage: 0.8500-1.3625 V.
Power dissipation: 95 W TDP.

Temperature: max. 71.4 °C.

Manufacturing process: 45 nm. (P1266)

Number of transistors: (2x) 410 million.

Die size: (2x) 107 mm2.

Packaging: Socket T / LGA 775.

Thermal management


Thermal management:

  • Platform Environment Control Interface (PECI).

System management


Remote management: Intel Active Management (iAMT2).

CPUID32


Extended family Extended model Type Family Model Stepping Description
    0x0 0x6 0x7 0x4 stepping B1
0x0 0x1 0x0 0x6 0x7 0x7 stepping C1
0x0 0x1 0x0 0x6 0x7 0x7 stepping M1
0x0 0x1 0x0 0x6 0x7 0xA stepping E0

Step level


Text:

Step levels:

  • B1,
  • C1,
  • M1,
  • E0 (July 7, 2008):
    • Power Status Indicator (PSI),
    • PECI implementation change,
    • XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions,
    • ACNT2 processor utilization determination,
    • Halide free package.

S-Spec / Stepping code


Model Code Stepping Description Introduction
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 CPU QAKY B1 ES    
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 CPU SLAWE M1 PCG: 05A  
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 CPU SLAWR C1 PCG: 05A  
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU SLAWQ C1 PCG: 05A  
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU QGPK E0 QS   May 2008
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU SLB8V E0 PCG: 05A July 2008

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