Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Core i7-8750H vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8750H performs better 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-8750H has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. Indeed, the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core 2 Quad Q9650. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8750H. A Core i7-8750H 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9650 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-8750H

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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.