Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs AMD Athlon II X4 635

Core 2 Quad Q9550 vs Athlon II X4 635 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X4 635 beats the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Athlon II X4 635 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9550. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more L2 cache than the Athlon II X4 635

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 Q9550 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.