Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U vs Core 2 Quad Q9450

Place in the ranking	2224	940
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	1.37	50.16
Architecture codename	Yorkfield (2007−2009)	Renoir-U PRO (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date	March 2008 (16 years ago)	7 May 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	4	12
Base clock speed	2.66 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.67 GHz	4 GHz
Bus type	no data	PCIe 3.0
Bus rate	1333 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	820 million	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	LGA775	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	PRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
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 Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 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 Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U.

PCIe version

no data

3.0

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 Q9450 1.38

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 7.95
+476%

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 Q9450 2186

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 12631
+478%

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 Q9450 344

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 1314
+282%

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 Q9450 952

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U 4589
+382%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.38	7.95
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U has a 476.1% higher aggregate performance score, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 533.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Quad Q9450 in performance tests.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9450 is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Quad Q9450 and Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.