Intel Core i5-6300HQ vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Price

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$ 1918.00

$ 269.95

$ 1648.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1438 points

1506 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2667 points

2767 points

3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1096 points

1150 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1053 points

1103 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

38.90 points

114% significantly higher Blender score

18.13 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2685 points

136% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1133 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

970 points

144% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

397 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2777 points

160% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1064 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1025 points

170% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

379 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.00 GHz

30% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

111% significantly lower TDP

95 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

826th of 1,089

806th of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2008 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2133

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6300HQ vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 performs better than the Core i5-6300HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6300HQ in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6300HQ. A Core i5-6300HQ CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9650 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 i5-6300HQ has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.