Intel Core i7-10750H vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Core i7-10750H vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10750H is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9550 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-10750H has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9550 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10750H. A Core i7-10750H 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. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10750H

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 i7-10750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.