Core i3-4340 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Core i3-4340 beats the Core 2 Quad Q9650 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9650 in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-4340 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i3-4340 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9650. A Core i3-4340 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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. Indeed, the Core i3-4340 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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