Intel AW80576GH0836MG

The T9900 scores at the 11th percentile for performance, making it slower than 89% of everything we've tested. It's listed at EUR 361 to EUR 486 in Europe, which is absurd for a chip this old. Unless you're repairing a specific legacy laptop, this is a hard pass.

The T9900 runs at 3.06GHz across two cores, which sounds fine until you remember this is a Core 2 Duo architecture from the late 2000s. Our performance score puts it at the 11th percentile, meaning it's slower than 89% of the processors in our database. The 35W TDP is actually not terrible for the era, but it's a lot of heat for very little modern work. The 410 million transistors on a 107mm² die tell the story: this is a 45nm chip doing its best, and its best was over a decade ago.

There's no integrated graphics worth mentioning, no modern instruction sets, and the socket 479 design means you're locked into hardware that's equally ancient. The voltage range of 1.050V to 1.212V is standard for the platform, but nothing here translates to usable performance in 2025. If you're benchmarking this against anything from the last eight years, it's not a competition. It's a formality.

Stacked against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Motorola Razr Ultra 2025, Google Pixel 10 Pro, Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, this Intel chip isn't even playing the same sport. Those are complete devices with displays, batteries, cameras, and connectivity baked in. The T9900 is a bare processor that scores at the 6th percentile for connectivity and the 7th percentile for camera, which is almost funny since it has neither. The Pixel 10 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are in a different universe for performance, and even the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, the budget option of that group, would run circles around this thing. The only comparison that matters is price: you can buy a used phone from any of those competitors for less than the EUR 486 top listing on this chip, and you'd get a working device instead of a paperweight.

Here's where things get weird. The affordability score is 60th percentile, which sounds okay until you look at actual prices. European listings range from EUR 361 to EUR 486 across ES, FR, and IT, and that spread alone should make you pause. The cheapest EUR listing at EUR 361 is still roughly triple what this chip is worth in practical terms. You can find it for USD 255 in the US and CAD 350 in Canada, but none of these prices make sense for an 11th percentile performer. The best deal in our data is the low end of the EUR range at EUR 361, but calling it a deal feels generous. You're paying collector prices for a chip that can't browse the modern web without wheezing.

Let's get this out of the way: the Intel AW80576GH0836MG is a Core 2 Duo T9900 from 2009, and our database puts it at the 11th percentile for performance. That's not a typo. This chip sits below 89% of everything we've tested, and it's not trying to hide it. The 3.06GHz clock speed was respectable back when the iPhone 3GS was new, but today it's a museum piece with a 35W TDP and a 107mm² die. The build quality score lands at the 14th percentile, which means even among old processors, this one feels like it's been through some things.

The weird part? It's still being listed for sale. You'll find it floating around European marketplaces for EUR 361 to EUR 486, which is frankly hilarious for a chip that struggles to keep up with a budget Chromebook. The affordability score of 60th percentile is the only thing keeping this from being a complete disaster, and even that's misleading once you factor in what you're actually getting. If you're here because you need a drop-in replacement for an ancient laptop, keep reading. If you're here because you think this is a deal, it's not.

Skip this if you're building anything remotely modern. The 11th percentile performance score means it can't handle current operating systems, and the 5th percentile feature set means you're missing out on everything from modern instruction sets to basic connectivity options. The 9th percentile battery score also makes it a poor choice for portable use, even in its original era. If you're not repairing a specific socket 479 laptop and you don't have a sentimental attachment to 2009, spend your EUR 361 to EUR 486 on literally anything else. A used Chromebook would be faster, and it comes with a screen.

The Intel AW80576GH0836MG is a relic, and the data backs that up. An 11th percentile performance score, a 9th percentile battery score, and a 14th percentile build score add up to a processor that belongs in a drawer, not a shopping cart. The only reason to buy this is if you're repairing a specific legacy laptop that requires socket 479 and you've exhausted every cheaper option. Even then, the EUR 361 to EUR 486 asking price in Europe is hard to justify. Our database says skip it unless you're a collector with money to burn and a soft spot for 2009.