Phenom II X2 N660 vs Core 2 Quad Q9500

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Core 2 Quad Q9500 Core 2 Quad Q9500
Phenom II X2 N660 Phenom II X2 N660

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2212not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno data2x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency1.39no data
Architecture codenameno dataChamplain (2010−2011)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)1 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.83 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data3 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature71 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660 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.

SocketLGA775S1
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataHyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization
VirusProtect-+
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

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660 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 Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660 are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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 Q9500 364
+4.3%
Phenom II X2 N660 349

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 Q9500 1023
+66.9%
Phenom II X2 N660 613

Pros & cons summary

Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

Core 2 Quad Q9500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Phenom II X2 N660, on the other hand, has 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Quad Q9500 is a desktop processor while Phenom II X2 N660 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Quad Q9500 and Phenom II X2 N660, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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