Intel Core i7-2630QM vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Core i7-2630QM vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 is faster than the Core i7-2630QM. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2630QM in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-2630QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-2630QM. A Core i7-2630QM 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.

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. Indeed, the Core i7-2630QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.