Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs AMD Athlon X4 950

Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Athlon X4 950 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Athlon X4 950 is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9650 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. Our comparison shows that the Athlon X4 950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9650. The Athlon X4 950 outputs less heat than Core 2 Quad Q9650 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 Q9650 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Athlon X4 950

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.