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AMD A12-9800 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A12-9800
Rank 2 - 71 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A12-9800
Rank 2 - 83 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
655 pts
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
435 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,979 pts
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
1,642 pts
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.20 GHz
607
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
460
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
1,827
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
1,527

More benchmarks

At a glance

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupAMD A12-9800 (1)Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
ArchitectureExcavator (Bristol Ridge)Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology28 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketAM4 (PGA 1331)LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Excavator 4x
Frequency: 3.80 GHz 2.83 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.20 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache2.00 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
GPU nameAMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)no iGPU
GPU frequency1.11 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 512 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology28 nm
Release dateQ2/2016

NPU AI performance

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
MemoryDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory64 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
TDP65 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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AMD A12-9800Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2008
Release price
Documents

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AMD A12-9800
AMD A12-9800
4C / 4T · 3.80 - 4.20 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

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