Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
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Intel Pentium Gold G5600F vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2018
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
Released
Q1/2010
Overall score
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500

What's the best choice Intel Pentium Gold G5600F or Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Pentium Gold G5600F has a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 54 W. Released in Q2/2018.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 has a maximum frequency of 2.83 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 95 W. Released in Q1/2010.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    657 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    3.90 GHz left arrow 2.83 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    54 W left arrow 95 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Pentium Gold G5600F CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    284 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    598 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    185 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    423 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    63 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    376 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    161 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    769 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1407 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    398 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    371 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1177 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1081 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1185 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Desktop left arrow Desktop
  • Family
    Intel Pentium left arrow Intel Core2 Duo
  • Generation
    8 left arrow 2
  • CPU group
    Intel Pentium G5000 left arrow Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000
  • Predecessor
    No left arrow No
  • Successor
    No left arrow No
CPU Technical specs

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
    3.90 GHz left arrow 2.83 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No left arrow No
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes, SMT left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Intel Pentium Gold G5600F. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2400 left arrow DDR2-800 / DDR3-1066
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe
    3.0 x 16 left arrow No data
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G5600F and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    54 W left arrow 95 W
  • TDP up
    No left arrow No
  • TDP (PL2)
    No left arrow No
  • TDP down
    No left arrow No
  • Tjunction max.
    95 °C left arrow 90 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G5600F and Intel Pentium Gold G5600F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-d
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2 left arrow MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow 6.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow No
  • Architecture
    Coffee Lake S left arrow Yorkfield
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 45 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 1151 left arrow LGA 775
  • Release date
    Q2/2018 left arrow Q1/2010

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Pentium Gold G5600F and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
5827
Intel Pentium Gold G5600F
2188
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9500

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