Pentium Gold G5500 vs Core 2 Quad Q9300

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Aggregate performance score

Core 2 Quad Q9300
2008
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.25
Pentium Gold G5500
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 54 Watt
2.41
+92.8%

Pentium Gold G5500 outperforms Core 2 Quad Q9300 by an impressive 93% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23101782
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.74
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium Gold
Power efficiency1.254.47
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release dateMarch 2008 (16 years ago)2 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate1333 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data38
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache6 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die size2x 81 mm2126 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °C72 °C
Number of transistors456 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketLGA7751151
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt54 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500 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 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500 are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 630

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9300 and Pentium Gold G5500.

PCIe versionno data3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score 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 Q9300 1.25
Pentium Gold G5500 2.41
+92.8%

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 Q9300 1986
Pentium Gold G5500 3823
+92.5%

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 Q9300 318
Pentium Gold G5500 793
+149%

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 Q9300 890
Pentium Gold G5500 1618
+81.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.25 2.41
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 54 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9300 has 100% more physical cores.

Pentium Gold G5500, on the other hand, has a 92.8% higher aggregate performance score, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 75.9% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Gold G5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Quad Q9300 in performance tests.


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