Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 vs Intel Celeron N5095A
Intel Core 2 Duo T9500
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The Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 was a upper middle class dual core CPU for laptops at the time of introduction. It was intended to be used in the Santa Rosa platform due to the 800 MHz FSB. The T9550 is only slightly higher clocked but offers already a FSB1066.
Due to the relatively high clock speed and 6MB Level 2 cache, the T9500 offers enough performance for demanding games (in 2009) and applications.
The T9500 uses a Penryn (Montevina Update) core that features 2 integer units, 1 floating point unit, 1 load unit, and 1 store unit in a 14-stages long pipeline. Due to the Wide Dynamic Execution Technology, the core is able to simultaneously execute up to four instructions.
The integrated Enhanced Speedstep is able to downclock the core dynamically to save power (in idle mode).
Intel Celeron N5095A
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The Celeron N5095A is an inexpensive quad-core SoC of the Jasper Lake product family designed for use in affordable SFF desktops and laptops. It features four Tremont CPU cores running at 2 GHz that Boost to up to 2.9 GHz with no thread-doubling Hyper-Threading technology in sight. A pretty basic iGPU is present as well.
The only difference between the N5095A and the N5095 is that the former comes with support for more proprietary Intel technologies such as the Smart Sound DSP, Wake on Voice and HD Audio.
Architecture and Features
Tremont brings many improvements over Goldmont Plus, the architecture that we know from the N5030 and myriads of other N-class CPUs. An up to 30% boost in single-thread performance is to be expected thanks to smarter prefetchers, branch prediction improvements and other refinements, according to Intel. These new chips are physically larger than their immediate predecessors as a result. Either way, this is still a "small" core rather than a "big" one according to ChipsAndCheese.
The Celeron has 1.5 MB of L2 and 4 MB of L3 cache and is compatible with DDR4-2933 and LPDDR4x-2933 memory or slower. Support for Intel CNVi Wi-Fi 6 modules is baked into the chip, as are 8 PCIe 3.0 lanes for NVMe SSD speeds up to 3.9 GB/s. USB 4 or Thunderbolt aren't supported however.
Please also note that the Celeron gets soldered to the motherboard (BGA1338 socket interface) for good and is thus not user-replaceable.
Performance
While we haven't tested a single system featuring the N5095A as of Sep 2024, we have done several reviews of computers/laptops powered by the N5095. CPU performance should be pretty much identical between the two. Therefore, we fully expect the chip to be about as fast as the Core i3-10110U, Core i3-1005G1, Celeron N5105 and also the Ryzen 3 3200U in multi-threaded workloads. Which is just enough for the most basic of tasks in late 2024.
Performance will get a significant hit if the power target is set to 10 W or 6 W instead of the Intel-recommended 15 W value.
Graphics
The DirectX 12.1-capable 16 EU UHD Graphics runs at up to 750 MHz and is in many respects similar to what Ice Lake CPUs come equipped with. This graphics adapter is capable of driving up to 3 SUHD displays simultaneously; HEVC, AVC, VP9, MPEG-2 and other popular video codecs can all be hardware-decoded. AV1 and VVC can't.
As far as gaming is concerned, it is reasonable to expect playable framerates in really old games (like Dota 2 Reborn) provided one sticks to lower resolutions such as HD 720p.
Power consumption
While most N-class chips have a 6 W long-term power target, the Celeron N5095A has a 15 W TDP to mimic much faster U-class Core processors. This isn't a great CPU for passively cooled designs.
The N5095A is built with the same 10 nm Intel process as Ice Lake-U processors for pretty unimpressive power efficiency, as of late 2024.
| Model | Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 | Intel Celeron N5095A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | Penryn | Jasper Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Jasper Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: Jasper Lake Jasper Lake |
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| Clock | 2600 MHz | 2000 - 2900 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FSB | 800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 1.5 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 4 x 2.9 GHz Intel Tremont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TDP | 35 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transistors | 410 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technology | 45 nm | 10 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voltage | 1.0-1.25V V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Die Size | 107 mm2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| max. Temp. | 105 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Socket | BGA479, PGA478, PPGA478 | BGA1338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features | Virtualization Technolgoy (VT-x), Intel 64, Idle States, Enhanced Speedstep, Execute Disable Bit | DDR4-2933/LPDDR4x-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| $530 U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announced | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | ark.intel.com | ark.intel.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L3 Cache | 4 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| iGPU | Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) (450 - 750 MHz) |
Benchmarks
Average Benchmarks Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 → 0% n=0
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
