Core i3-3220 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 is faster than the Core i3-3220. Despite this, the Core i3-3220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-3220 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9550. A Core i3-3220 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.
The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i3-3220 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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