AMD Ryzen 3 2200U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Ryzen 3 2200U vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 2200U performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Ryzen 3 2200U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2200U. A Ryzen 3 2200U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 2200U

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 2200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.