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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs Intel Core i3-6100E

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 63 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100E
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 79 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-6100E
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
460
Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
725
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
1,527
Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
1,708

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At a glance

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i3-6100E
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)Intel Core i 6000U (20)
ArchitectureYorkfield (Penryn)Skylake U
Technology45 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopNotebook
SocketLGA 775BGA 1440
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i3-7100E

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i3-6100E
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x
Frequency: 2.83 GHz 2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameno iGPUIntel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency0.35 - 0.95 GHz
CUs / Shader / 24 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology14 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i3-6100E
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i3-6100E
TDP95 W35 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Core i3-6100E
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2008Q4/2015
Release price225 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
Intel Core i3-6100E
Intel Core i3-6100E
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz

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