Intel Core i7-4712MQ vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Core i7-4712MQ vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 is faster than the Core i7-4712MQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-4712MQ in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-4712MQ. A Core i7-4712MQ 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 info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has more L2 cache than the Core i7-4712MQ

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-4712MQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.