Intel Core i7-3540M vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i7-3540M vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 performs better than the Core i7-3540M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3540M 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 i7-3540M. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-3540M. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3540M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Q9505. A Core i7-3540M 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.

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 i7-3540M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.