Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core 2 Quad Q6600 vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 beats the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q6600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Q6600. The Core 2 Quad Q9505 outputs less heat than Core 2 Quad Q6600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has more L2 cache than the Core 2 Quad Q9505

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q6600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.