Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs AMD PRO A8-8670E

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1362 points
1388 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2497 points
2604 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1042 points
1054 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1000 points
1011 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.83 GHz
1% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

853rd of 1,092
845th of 1,092

Family

The product line

Core
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2008 February
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