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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs AMD A8-6500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 96 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Rank 1 - 100 %
AMD A8-6500
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Rank 2 - 99 %
AMD A8-6500
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
469
AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500 100 %
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
489
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
1,550
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 4.10 GHz
1,299

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At a glance

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
FamilyIntel Core2 Quad (19)AMD A (112)
CPU groupIntel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)AMD A8-6000 (4)
ArchitectureYorkfield (Penryn)Richland (Piledriver)
Technology45 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775FM2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 44 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.00 GHz 3.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.10 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.10 GHz
L2-Cache12.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
GPU nameno iGPUAMD Radeon HD 8570D
GPU frequency0.84 GHz
CUs / Shader / 4 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays2
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm
Release dateQ2/2013

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
TDP95 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650AMD A8-6500
Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ3/2008Q2/2013
Release price85 $
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
AMD A8-6500
AMD A8-6500
4C / 4T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

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