Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550s

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	521
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Strix Point (Zen 5/5c, Ryzen AI 3/5/7/9)
Power efficiency	no data	47.69
Architecture codename	Yorkfield (2007−2009)	Strix Point (Zen 5) (2024)
Release date	27 January 2009 (15 years ago)	1 October 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Base clock speed	2.83 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.83 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	1333 MHz	54 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Die size	2x 107 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	76 °C	no data
Number of transistors	820 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	0.85V-1.3625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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	LGA775	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	USB 4, XDNA 2 NPU (50 TOPS), Secure Processor, SMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	+	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 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 Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon 880M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Quad Q9550s and Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 January 2009	1 October 2024
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	4	16 AMD Zen 5 AMD Zen 5c
Chip lithography	45 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	28 Watt

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