Intel Pentium Gold G5420 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  8 2
• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G5000 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
  3.80 GHz 2.83 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 and Intel Pentium Gold G5420. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G5420 and Intel Pentium Gold G5420, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
• L2-Cache
  -- 12.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB No
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake S Yorkfield
• Technology
  14 nm 45 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1151 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2019 Q1/2008