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Intel Core i3-10100F vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-10100F

Rank 2 - 44 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i3-10100F

Rank 2 - 33 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,141 pts

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

435 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

5,612 pts

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

1,642 pts

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

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

1,135

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

460

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

4C / 8T · 4.10 GHz

4,365

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

1,527

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

4C / 8T · 4.30 GHz

460

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

249

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

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

2,417

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

959

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
Architecture	Comet Lake S	Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology	14 nm	45 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1200	LGA 775
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-9100F
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 8	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.60 GHz	2.83 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):	4.30 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):	4.10 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
GPU name	no iGPU	no iGPU
GPU frequency
CUs / Shader	/	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays
Max. GPU Memory
Technology
Release date

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Memory	DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
TDP	65 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-10100F	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release date	Q4/2020	Q1/2008
Release price	79 $
Documents

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-10100F is 4.6 stars (31 ratings), while Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 has received 4.7 stars (35 ratings).

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Intel Core i3-10100F
4C / 8T · 3.60 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★