AMD A6-9500 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550S

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket AM4 Intel Socket 775
Process size 28 nm 45 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 820 million
Die size 246 mm² 2x 107 mm²
Package µPGA FC-LGA6
tCaseMax 74°C 76°C
Foundry Intel

Performance

Frequency 3.5 GHz 2.833 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 333 MHz
Multiplier 35.0x 8.5x
Multiplier unlocked Yes No
Voltage 1.475 V 0.9 V
TDP 65 W 65 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active End-of-life
Release date Jul 27th, 2017 Jan 27th, 2009
Codename Bristol Ridge Yorkfield
Generation A6 Core 2 Quad
Part AD9500AGM23AB SLGAE
Memory support DDR4 Dual-channel DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 2 4
Total Threads 2 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon R5

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 12MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes
AMD64 Yes
AVX Yes
AVX2 Yes
BMI1 Yes
BMI2 Yes
EIST Yes
EVP Yes
F16C Yes
FMA3 Yes
FMA4 Yes
Intel 64 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4 Yes
SSE4.1 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes
TBM Yes
TXT Yes
Turbo Core Yes
VT-x Yes
XOP Yes
iAMT2 Yes

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