This article compares the AMD Phenom 9550 to the Core2 Quad Q6600. These are first generation entry level quad-core processors from both AMD and Intel.
It’s kind of hard to believe how old these CPU’s are now, at least in computer time. Intel’s “Conroe” architecture hit the market around August of 2006 taking the performance crown that AMD held for quite a long time. Although Intel was the first to release a quad-core (4-Cores) CPU via the MCM approach, AMD was the first to release a quad-core based on a native design. While they both have their advantages/disadvantages, with some mentioned below, in the end performance and price is what mattered to the end user.
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