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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Rank 2 - 39 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
Rank 2 - 10 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 4.00 GHz
1,040
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
408
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.50 GHz
11,370
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz
1,363

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At a glance

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XIntel Core 2 Quad Q9450
FamilyAMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupAMD Ryzen Threadripper 1000 (3)Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
ArchitectureWhitehaven (Zen)Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology14 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketTR4 (SP3r2)LGA 775
Predecessor
SuccessorAMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads16 / 324 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 16x 4x
Frequency: 3.40 GHz 2.66 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryDDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCYesNo
PCIe3.0 x 64
PCIe Bandwidth63.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XIntel Core 2 Quad Q9450
TDP180 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950XIntel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release dateQ3/2017Q1/2008
Release price999 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C / 32T · 3.40 - 4.00 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450
4C / 4T · 2.66 GHz

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