FX-4300 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the FX-4300 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.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more cores than the FX-4300. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the FX-4300. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the FX-4300 has a much higher clock speed than the Core 2 Quad Q9400. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has more L2 cache than the FX-4300
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 FX-4300 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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