Core i3-2120 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 beats the Core i3-2120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores than the Core i3-2120. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i3-2120. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-2120 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9550. A Core i3-2120 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Core i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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