Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Intel Core i7-4810MQ

Compare Intel Core 4 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i7 3 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1506 points
1976 points
31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2767 points
3270 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1150 points
1601 points
39% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1103 points
1538 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

18.13 points
48.85 points
169% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1133 points
3141 points
177% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

397 points
1012 points
154% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1064 points
3224 points
203% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

379 points
1110 points
192% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
33% slightly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
5
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.00 GHz
7% slightly higher clock speed
2.79 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
47 W
102% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
1100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

806th of 1,089
724th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core
4th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2008 August
2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1333

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Core i7-4810MQ specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 is faster than the Core i7-4810MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4810MQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has slightly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-4810MQ that has 3 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-4810MQ has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4810MQ. The Core i7-4810MQ 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4810MQ

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 Q9650 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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