AMD Ryzen 3 3250U vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505

Ryzen 3 3250U vs Core 2 Quad Q9505 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 3250U 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 3250U. Indeed, the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Ryzen 3 3250U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core 2 Quad Q9505 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 3250U. A Ryzen 3 3250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9505 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 Q9505 has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 3 3250U

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 Ryzen 3 3250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.