AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Price

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$ 13.10

$ 256.85 significantly less expensive

$ 269.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

1506 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

2767 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

1150 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

1103 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

18.13 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1133 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

397 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1064 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

61% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

379 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

46% significantly lower TDP

95 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

12 MiB

499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

806th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2008 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-9600 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 beats the A8-9600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9650. A A8-9600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has more L2 cache than the A8-9600

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.