Intel Core i5-3550S vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

Core i5-3550S vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-3550S is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9400 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-3550S has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. A Core i5-3550S 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.

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. For instance, the Core i5-3550S has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.