Intel Core i3-8130U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i3-8130U vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-8130U is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9505. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-8130U has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-8130U. A Core i3-8130U 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. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has more L2 cache than the Core i3-8130U

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 i3-8130U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.