Intel Core i5-750 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Core i5-750 vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-750 beats the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-750. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-750 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.