AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 3000 Intel Core 2 Quad
• Family
  AMD Ryzen Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  3 2
• Predecessor
  AMD Ryzen 5 2500X -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  6 4
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.1 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  no iGPU no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 and AMD Ryzen 5 3500X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 0
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  4.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  95 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 95 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3500X and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Matisse (Zen 2) Yorkfield
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  32 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2008
• Socket
  AM4 AM1
• Technology
  7 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-d