Intel Core i3-3220 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i3-3220 vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 is faster than the Core i3-3220. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3220 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9505. A Core i3-3220 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9505 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 i3-3220 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.