AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

What is the difference between AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition and Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

416Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score414
1394Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1315
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1705

Processor Specs

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black EditionProcessorIntel Core 2 Quad Q9550
3200 MHzFrequency2830 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads4
125 WTDP95 W
DenebCodenameYorkfield
Socket AM3PackageLGA775

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

418Single-Core Score425
1420Multi-Core Score1411
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.2 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Enterprise (64-bit)
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3ModelDell Inc. OptiPlex 755
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-970A-UD3MotherboardDell Inc. 0PU052
BalancedPower PlanBalanced

CPU Specifications

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black EditionNameIntel Core 2 Quad Q9550
1 Processor, 4 CoresTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 3IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
3.20 GHzBase Frequency2.83 GHz
3205 MHzMaximum Frequency2.83 GHz
Socket AM3 (938)PackageSocket 775 LGA
DenebCodenameYorkfield
64.0 KB x 4L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
64.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
512 KB x 4L2 Cache6.00 MB x 2
6.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

4.00 GBSize4.00 GB
804 MHzFrequency399 MHz
DDR3 SDRAMTypeDDR2 SDRAM
1Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

418Single-Core Score425
62Crypto Score57
465Integer Score445
376Floating Point Score 442
62
108.7 MB/sec
AES-XTS57
99.4 MB/sec
573
2.90 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)625
3.16 MB/sec
570
27.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression526
24.9 Mpixels/sec
418
1.18 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)386
1.09 MTE/sec
487
572.2 KElements/sec
HTML5400
469.6 KElements/sec
467
146.4 Krows/sec
SQLite477
149.3 Krows/sec
458
24.9 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering451
24.5 Mpixels/sec
392
124.9 KB/sec
Text Rendering378
120.6 KB/sec
509
3.97 Klines/sec
Clang476
3.71 Klines/sec
361
4.19 images/sec
Camera351
4.07 images/sec
331
414.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics405
507.1 Kpairs/sec
481
2981.8 FPS
Rigid Body Physics456
2826.5 FPS
285
15.6 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur396
21.8 Mpixels/sec
301
2.31 images/sec
Face Detection472
3.64 images/sec
332
8.17 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection495
12.2 Mpixels/sec
701
34.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting635
31.2 Mpixels/sec
718
9.78 Mpixels/sec
HDR819
11.2 Mpixels/sec
417
334.5 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing512
411.5 Kpixels/sec
244
2.19 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion281
2.52 Kpixels/sec
448
14.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition535
17.1 Words/sec
206
7.95 images/sec
Machine Learning184
7.12 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1420Multi-Core Score1411
244Crypto Score224
1571Integer Score1475
1290Floating Point Score 1469
244
426.1 MB/sec
AES-XTS224
390.7 MB/sec
2081
10.5 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2208
11.2 MB/sec
2177
103.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1989
94.1 Mpixels/sec
828
2.33 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)745
2.10 MTE/sec
1863
2.19 MElements/sec
HTML51566
1.84 MElements/sec
1821
570.5 Krows/sec
SQLite1872
586.5 Krows/sec
1610
87.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1527
82.8 Mpixels/sec
1088
346.7 KB/sec
Text Rendering997
317.7 KB/sec
1993
15.5 Klines/sec
Clang1838
14.3 Klines/sec
1309
15.2 images/sec
Camera1235
14.3 images/sec
1215
1.52 Mpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1298
1.62 Mpairs/sec
1906
11807.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1812
11229.0 FPS
997
54.8 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur1444
79.4 Mpixels/sec
1197
9.22 images/sec
Face Detection1870
14.4 images/sec
1180
29.1 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1583
39.0 Mpixels/sec
2323
114.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1956
96.0 Mpixels/sec
2599
35.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR2790
38.0 Mpixels/sec
1678
1.35 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing2014
1.62 Mpixels/sec
929
8.32 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion1039
9.31 Kpixels/sec
1106
35.3 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1220
39.0 Words/sec
484
18.7 images/sec
Machine Learning490
18.9 images/sec