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AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A8-5500
Rank 2 - 82 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A8-5500
Rank 2 - 72 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD A8-5500
AMD A8-5500 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
463
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
378
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD A8-5500
AMD A8-5500 100 %
4C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
1,258
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
1,163

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At a glance

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
FamilyAMD A (112)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupAMD A8-5000 (3)Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
ArchitectureTrinity (Piledriver)Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology32 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketFM2LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.20 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache6.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
GPU nameAMD Radeon HD 7560Dno iGPU
GPU frequency0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ3/2012

NPU AI performance

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
MemoryDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
TDP65 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD A8-5500Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Chip designUnknownMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release dateQ3/2012Q3/2008
Release price85 $
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Your rating

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AMD A8-5500
AMD A8-5500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.70 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz

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