Intel Core i7-960 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Core i7-960 vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-960 performs better 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 i7-960 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-960 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Q9505. The Core 2 Quad Q9505 outputs less heat than Core i7-960 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-960 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.