AMD Phenom II X4 955 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  AMD Phenom II Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  4 2
• CPU group
  AMD Phenom II - 800/900 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
• Predecessor
  -- No
• Successor
  -- No

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 2.83 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 and AMD Phenom II X4 955. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR2-1066 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Phenom II X4 955 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 95 W
• TDP up
  -- No
• TDP (PL2)
  -- No
• TDP down
  -- No
• Tjunction max.
  -- 90 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Phenom II X4 955 and AMD Phenom II X4 955, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Deneb (K10) Yorkfield
• Technology
  45 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  AM3 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2009 Q1/2010