Intel Core i7-3635QM vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550

Core i7-3635QM vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-3635QM is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9550. Despite this, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-3635QM has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3635QM. A Core i7-3635QM 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.

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 i7-3635QM has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.