Core 2 Quad Q7600 vs A9-9425

Primary details

Comparing A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2025	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Power efficiency	10.88	no data
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Yorkfield (2007−2009)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	31 August 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	2x 82 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	1,200 million	456 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 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	1
Socket	FT4	775
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9425 and Core 2 Quad Q7600.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	31 May 2016	31 August 2009
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	95 Watt

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