Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 vs Intel Core i7-6498DU

Core 2 Quad Q9505 vs Core i7-6498DU benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 beats the Core i7-6498DU in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-6498DU has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i7-6498DU has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6498DU. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6498DU

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 Q9505 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.