Intel Core i5-4570T vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Core i5-4570T vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 is faster than the Core i5-4570T. Despite this, the Core i5-4570T 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 i5-4570T has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-4570T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9550. A Core i5-4570T 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 info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has more L2 cache than the Core i5-4570T

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 i5-4570T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.