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Intel Core i5-1240P vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Last updated: 2026-07-03

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 i5-1240P

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-1240P

Rank 2 - 15 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,688 pts

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

435 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 16T · 2.70 GHz

11,268 pts

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

1,642 pts

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

12C / 16T · 4.40 GHz

1,564

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

460

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

12C / 16T · 2.70 GHz

8,550

4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

1,527

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU group	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
Architecture	Alder Lake U	Yorkfield (Penryn)
Technology	10 nm	45 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1744	LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor	Intel Core i5-1340P

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 16	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	4x Golden Cove 1.70 - 4.40 GHz	4x 2.83 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 1.20 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache	9.00 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	12.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.40 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader	80 / 640	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Memory	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
TDP	28 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)	64 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-1240P	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	Q1/2022	Q1/2008
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-1240P is 4.3 stars (64 ratings), while Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 has received 4.8 stars (37 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-1240P
12C / 16T · 1.70 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

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

★★★★★