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Intel Core i7-950 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-950
Rank 2 - 81 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-950
Rank 2 - 68 %
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.33 GHz
569
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
460
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
2,313
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
1,527
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 GHz
1,442
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz
959

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Intel Core2 Quad (19)
CPU groupIntel Core i7 900 (7)Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)
ArchitectureBloomfieldYorkfield (Penryn)
Technology45 nm45 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1366LGA 775
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 84 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 4x
Frequency: 3.06 GHz 2.83 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.33 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
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 i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
MemoryDDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB16 GB
Memory channels32
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
TDP130 W95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-950Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
Release dateQ2/2009Q1/2008
Release price305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-950
Intel Core i7-950
4C / 8T · 3.06 - 3.33 GHz
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4C / 4T · 2.83 GHz

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