Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Intel Celeron G550

Core 2 Quad Q8200 vs Celeron G550 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Celeron G550 performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q8200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q8200 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q8200 has significantly more cores than the Celeron G550. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q8200 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Celeron G550. It also has more threads than the Celeron G550. Our comparison shows that the Celeron G550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q8200. The Celeron G550 outputs less heat than Core 2 Quad Q8200 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q8200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Celeron G550

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 Q8200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.