Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs AMD Phenom II X4 960T

Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Phenom II X4 960T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 beats the Phenom II X4 960T in overall performance. Despite this, the Phenom II X4 960T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Phenom II X4 960T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more L2 cache than the Phenom II X4 960T

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.