Intel Core i7-4790K vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Core i7-4790K vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-4790K is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9650 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-4790K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-4790K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. A Core i7-4790K CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9650 CPU because of its slightly 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 i7-4790K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.