Core 2 Quad Q9650: specs and benchmarks

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Core 2 Quad Q9650
2008
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.56

Core 2 Quad Q9650 provides poor benchmark performance at 1.56% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core 2 Quad Q9650 sales on August 2008. This is an Yorkfield architecture desktop 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 3000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is LGA775 processor with a TDP of 95 Watt. It supports DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 memory.

Primary details

Core 2 Quad Q9650 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking2121
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.55of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameYorkfield (2007−2009)
Release dateAugust 2008 (16 years ago)

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 speed3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed3 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus rate1333 MHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache6 MB (per die)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache0 KBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size2x 107 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors820 millionof 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
VID voltage range0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9650 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)95 Wattof 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States+
Thermal Monitoring+
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-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9650's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Quad Q9650. 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 Q9650 1.56

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 Q9650 2479

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 Q9650 378

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 Q9650 1061

3DMark Fire Strike Physics

Core 2 Quad Q9650 4850

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core 2 Quad Q9650's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Celeron G4920 100.64
Core i5-2390T 100.64
Core 2 Quad Q9650 100
Core i3-3250 98.72

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core 2 Quad Q9650 is Phenom II X4 840, which is slower by 3% and lower by 23 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core 2 Quad Q9650:

A8-5500 105.13
Core 2 Quad Q9650 100

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 Q9650, according to our PC configuration statistics.

These are the fastest graphics cards for Core 2 Quad Q9650 in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 2626 configurations using Core 2 Quad Q9650 in our database.

RTX 4090 GeForce RTX 4090
0.7% (18/2626)
RTX 3090 Ti GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
0.2% (5/2626)
RTX 3080 Ti GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
0.2% (5/2626)
RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 4070
0.04% (1/2626)
RX 6800 XT Radeon RX 6800 XT
0.04% (1/2626)
RX 7800 XT Radeon RX 7800 XT
0.08% (2/2626)
RX 6800 Radeon RX 6800
0.04% (1/2626)
RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
0.04% (1/2626)
RTX 3060 Ti GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
0.08% (2/2626)
RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 4060
0.2% (6/2626)

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