Intel Core i7-930 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i7-930 vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-930 is faster than the Core 2 Quad Q9505. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9505 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-930 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-930. The Core 2 Quad Q9505 outputs less heat than Core i7-930 thanks to a slightly 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 i7-930 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.