Intel Core 2 Duo P9500: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Core 2 Duo P9500 sales 15 July 2008 at a recommended price of $348. This is a Penryn architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 45 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2530 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is BGA479,PBGA479,PGA478 processor with a TDP of 25 Watt.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.65% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

Core 2 Duo P9500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2612
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)
Release date15 July 2008 (15 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$348of 305 (Core i7-870)
Current price$109 (0.3x MSRP)of 17802 (Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed2.53 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed2.53 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus support1066 MHz
L1 cache128 KBof 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache6 MBof 36 (Apple M2 Max)
L3 cache6 MB L2 Cacheof 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography45 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size107 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Number of transistors410 Millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P9500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.

SocketBGA479,PBGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P9500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Turbo Boost Technology-
Hyper-Threading Technology-
Idle States-
Demand Based Switching-
FSB parity-
StatusDiscontinued

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-x+

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core 2 Duo P9500. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Core 2 Duo P9500 0.65

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 993

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 374

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 623

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 2901

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 5502

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%

Core 2 Duo P9500 2311

Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall Core 2 Duo P9500 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core 2 Duo P9500 is A4-4300M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 7 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core 2 Duo P9500:

AMD A6-7000 101.54
Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 100
AMD A6-9220e 98.46
AMD E2-9000 95.38

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