Intel Core i5-5257U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i5-5257U vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-5257U beats the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-5257U. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-5257U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-5257U. A Core i5-5257U 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 i5-5257U

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 i5-5257U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.