Core 2 Duo T9500 vs A8-5557M

Place in performance ranking	2243	2244
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$530
Current price	$60	$103 (0.2x MSRP)

Technical specs

A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.6 GHz
Bus support	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	6 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	no data	1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FP2	BGA479,PBGA479,PGA478,PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FSB parity	no data	-
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5557M and Core 2 Duo T9500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 8550G

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-5557M 1.16

Core 2 Duo T9500 1.16

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A8-5557M 1801
+0.1%

Core 2 Duo T9500 1799

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-5557M 363
+7.1%

Core 2 Duo T9500 339

A8-5557M outperforms Core 2 Duo T9500 by 7% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-5557M 1011
+82.8%

Core 2 Duo T9500 553

A8-5557M outperforms Core 2 Duo T9500 by 83% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A8-5557M 2115

Core 2 Duo T9500 2950
+39.5%

Core 2 Duo T9500 outperforms A8-5557M by 39% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5557M 5259

Core 2 Duo T9500 5419
+3%

Core 2 Duo T9500 outperforms A8-5557M by 3% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5557M 2747
+16.8%

Core 2 Duo T9500 2352

A8-5557M outperforms Core 2 Duo T9500 by 17% in 3DMark06 CPU.