A6-4455M vs Core 2 Duo P9600

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2713not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD A-Series
Power efficiency2.61no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$348no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rate1066 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB92 KB
L2 cache6 MB2 MB (shared)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.05V-1.212Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketPBGA479,PGA478FP2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo P9600 and A6-4455M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7500G

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo P9600 1093
+37.8%
A6-4455M 793

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo P9600 368
+63.6%
A6-4455M 225

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo P9600 663
+116%
A6-4455M 307

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo P9600 2971
+75.9%
A6-4455M 1689

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo P9600 5507
+112%
A6-4455M 2601

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo P9600 2375
+74.8%
A6-4455M 1359

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 15 May 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 17 Watt

A6-4455M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

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