Intel Core i7-950 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

Core i7-950 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-950 beats the Core 2 Quad Q9400 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-950 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-950 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. The Core 2 Quad Q9400 outputs less heat than Core i7-950 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 i7-950 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.