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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs Apple A8X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
Apple A8X
84 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
100 %
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
Apple A8X
70 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core2 Quad (19) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16) | Apple A8/A8X (2) |
| Architecture | Yorkfield (Penryn) | A8 |
| Technology | 45 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 775 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A6X | |
| Successor | Apple A9X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 3 / 3 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 3x Typhoon |
| Frequency: | 2.83 GHz | 1.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A8X |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 32 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 20 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2014 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 8 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | Apple A8X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 | |
| Release date | Q1/2008 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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