Core i3-8109U vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 is faster than the Core i3-8109U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-8109U in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8109U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-8109U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. A Core i3-8109U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-8109U
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 i3-8109U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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