CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of Q9650 vs 760K

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores

Passmark and GeekBench (32-bit)

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance

Passmark (Single Core)

Overclocking

How much speed can you get out of the processor?

Maximum Overclocked Clock Speed (Air) and 1 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?

Performance Per Dollar

CPUBoss Score

Performance, Single-core Performance, Overclocking and Value

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AMD Athlon X4 760K 

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Front view of AMD Athlon X4 760K

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Differences What are the advantages of each

Front view of Intel Core2 Quad Q9650

Reasons to consider the
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650

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Much more l2 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB 3x more l2 cache; more data can be stored in the l2 cache for quick access later
Much more l2 cache per core 3 MB/core vs 1 MB/core 3x more l2 cache per core
Front view of AMD Athlon X4 760K

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AMD Athlon X4 760K

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Significantly higher clock speed 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz More than 25% higher clock speed
Newer manufacturing process 32 nms vs 45 nms A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor
Much better performance per dollar 7.07 pt/$ vs 3.39 pt/$ More than 2x better performance per dollar
Better PassMark (Single core) score 1,442 vs 1,260 Around 15% better PassMark (Single core) score
Better overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.79 GHz vs 4.16 GHz More than 15% better overclocked clock speed (Air)

Benchmarks Real world tests of Core2 Quad Q9650 vs Athlon X4 760K

3D Mark 11 (Physics)

Core2 Quad Q9650 Athlon X4 760K @ community.futuremark.com

Passmark (Single Core)

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Core2 Quad Q9650  vs
Athlon X4 760K 
Clock speed 3 GHz 3.8 GHz
Cores Quad core Quad core
Is hyperthreaded No No

features

Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has vitualization support Yes Yes
Instruction-set-extensions
MMX
SSE
SSE4.2
SSE3
SSE2
Supplemental SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4
SSE4a
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption

TDP 95W 100W
Annual home energy cost 22.89 $/year 24.09 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 83.22 $/year 87.6 $/year
Performance per watt 5.89 pt/W 5.73 pt/W
Typical power consumption 77.19W 81.25W

details

Core2 Quad Q9650  vs
Athlon X4 760K 
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 12 MB 4 MB
L2 cache per core 3 MB/core 1 MB/core
Manufacture process 45 nms 32 nms
Max CPUs 1 1

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 4.16 GHz 4.79 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.43 GHz 4.39 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.16 GHz 4.79 GHz
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650
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