Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 Processor

In March of 2008, Intel released their Core 2 Quad Q9000 series of processors. These were Intel’s long waited 45nm quad-core processors code-named, Yorkfield. The Q9xxx series introduced faster 1333 MHz front side buses, SSE4 and the aforementioned 45nm manufacturing process. The Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400 Processor is one such processor featuring a 2.66 GHz clock speed and 6MB of L2 cache. We’ll check out it’s underlying technologies as well as check see how it fares on the bench after the break.