Core i7-6650U vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 benchmarks
According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 is faster than the Core i7-6650U. Despite this, the Core i7-6650U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i7-6650U that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6650U. A Core i7-6650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9400 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 i7-6650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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