Ryzen 5 4600H vs Core 2 Quad Q9550s

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	835
Place by popularity	not in top-100	79
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	no data	19.11
Architecture codename	Yorkfield (2007−2009)	Renoir-H (Zen 2) (2020)
Release date	27 January 2009 (15 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H 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	2.83 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.83 GHz	4 GHz
Bus rate	1333 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	30
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	820 million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H 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)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	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 Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H 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 Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

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

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen 5 4600H.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 January 2009	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

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