AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

Ryzen 5 3600 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3600 is faster 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 Ryzen 5 3600 has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Quad Q9400. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core 2 Quad Q9400. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Quad Q9400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 3600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. A Ryzen 5 3600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Quad Q9400 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core 2 Quad Q9400 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 3600

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 Ryzen 5 3600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.