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Intel Core2 Quad Q9500

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Core2 Quad Q9500

Reasons to consider the
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Much newer manufacturing process 45 nm vs 65 nm A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
More cores 4 vs 2 Twice as many cores; run more applications at once
More threads 4 vs 2 Twice as many threads
Higher clock speed 2.83 GHz vs 2.66 GHz More than 5% higher clock speed
Much higher Maximum operating temperature 71.4 °C vs 60.1 °C Around 20% higher Maximum operating temperature
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.4 GHz vs 3.35 GHz Almost the same
Newer Jan, 2010 vs Jul, 2006 Release date over 3 years later
Better overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.83 GHz vs 3.6 GHz More than 5% better overclocked clock speed (Water)
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Much lower typical power consumption 52.81W vs 77.19W More than 30% lower typical power consumption
Significantly lower annual home energy cost 15.66 $/year vs 22.89 $/year More than 30% lower annual home energy cost
Significantly lower annual commercial energy cost 56.94 $/year vs 83.22 $/year More than 30% lower annual commercial energy cost

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Quad Q9500 vs Duo E6700

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Quad Q9500
5,402
Core2 Duo E6700
2,556

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Quad Q9500
1,562
Core2 Duo E6700
1,390

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Quad Q9500
120,400 MB/s
Core2 Duo E6700
113,800 MB/s

GeekBench (32-bit) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core2 Quad Q9500
5,228
Core2 Duo E6700
2,396

GeekBench

Core2 Quad Q9500
5,228
Core2 Duo E6700
3,863

x264 HD 4.0

Core2 Quad Q9500
48.15 fps
Core2 Duo E6700
28.48 fps

PassMark Data courtesy Passmark

Core2 Quad Q9500
3,629
Core2 Duo E6700
1,703

PassMark (Single Core)

Core2 Quad Q9500
1,199
Core2 Duo E6700
995

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core2 Quad Q9500  vs
Duo E6700 
Clock speed 2.83 GHz 2.66 GHz
Cores Quad core Dual core
Socket type
LGA 775

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Supports trusted computing No No
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE2
MMX
SSE3
SSE
SSE4.1
Supplemental SSE3
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 95W 65W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year 15.66 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year 56.94 $/year
Performance per watt 1.6 pt/W 1.69 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W 52.81W

details

 Core2 Quad Q9500  vs
Duo E6700 
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Threads 4 2
L2 cache 6 MB 4 MB
L2 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 2 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nm 65 nm
Transistor count 456,000,000 291,000,000
Max CPUs 1 1
Voltage range 0.85 - 1.36V 0.85 - 1.5V
Operating temperature Unknown - 71.4°C Unknown - 60.1°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 3.4 GHz 3.35 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 3.83 GHz 3.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 3.4 GHz 3.35 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU None None
Label N/A N/A
Latest DirectX N/A N/A
Number of displays supported N/A N/A
GPU clock speed N/A N/A
Turbo clock speed N/A N/A
3DMark06 N/A N/A

bus
Architecture FSB FSB
Number of links 1 1
Clock speed 1,333 MHz 1,066 MHz
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