Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 vs AMD Phenom II X4 945

Core 2 Quad Q9505 vs Phenom II X4 945 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Phenom II X4 945 beats the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Phenom II X4 945 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9505. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 945

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.