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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs Intel Pentium E5300

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Rank 2 - 78 %
Intel Pentium E5300
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Rank 2 - 42 %
Intel Pentium E5300
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 Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
359
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 Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
642
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
959
Intel Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz
413

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)Intel Pentium (150)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)Intel Pentium E5000/E6000 (13)
ArchitectureYorkfield (Penryn)Wolfdale (Penryn)
Technology45 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Penryn
Frequency: 2.83 GHz 2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache12.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
GPU nameno iGPUno iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader / /
Raytracing
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
TDP95 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550Intel Pentium E5300
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ1/2008Q4/2008
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
Intel Pentium E5300
Intel Pentium E5300
2C / 2T · 2.60 GHz

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