AMD FX-4100 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

FX-4100 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-4100 performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q9400. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9400 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the FX-4100 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the FX-4100 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the FX-4100

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the FX-4100 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.