Core i7-8500Y vs Core 2 Quad Q9550 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 performs better than the Core i7-8500Y. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8500Y in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8500Y. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i7-8500Y. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9550 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8500Y. A Core i7-8500Y 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 i7-8500Y has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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