Core 2 Quad Q9000: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Quad Q9000 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.03% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Core 2 Quad Q9000 sales 1 January 2009 at a recommended price of $348. This is a Penryn architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is PGA478 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt.

Primary details

Core 2 Quad Q9000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2456
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Quad
Power efficiency2.09of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$348of 17,906 (tray) (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
Bus rate1066 MHz
L2 cache6 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size107 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors410 Millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
VID voltage range1.05V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9000 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Demand Based Switching-
FSB parity-

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-x+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Quad Q9000. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Quad Q9000 1.03

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 Quad Q9000 1575

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 Quad Q9000 274

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 Quad Q9000 677

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 Quad Q9000 2396

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 Quad Q9000 8008

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 Quad Q9000 2863

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Core 2 Quad Q9000 2

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core 2 Quad Q9000's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Core i5-4220Y 100.97
Core 2 Quad Q9000 100
A8-5545M 99.03

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core 2 Quad Q9000 is A8-5545M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core 2 Quad Q9000:

Pro A6-8500B 101.94
A8-3530MX 101.94
Core 2 Quad Q9000 100
A8-5545M 99.03

Similar processors

Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.

Recommended GPUs

People consider these graphics cards to be good for Core 2 Quad Q9000, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core 2 Quad Q9000 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 113 configurations using Core 2 Quad Q9000 in our database.

RTX 3060 GeForce RTX 3060
0.9% (1/113)
RX 580 Radeon RX 580
0.9% (1/113)
RX 570 Radeon RX 570
1.8% (2/113)
R9 280X Radeon R9 280X
0.9% (1/113)
GTX 480 GeForce GTX 480
0.9% (1/113)
M2000M Quadro M2000M
0.9% (1/113)

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