Intel Xeon E5-1603 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Compare Intel 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

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$ 752.00

$ 269.95

$ 482.05 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1564 points

3% slightly better overall score

1506 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2883 points

4% slightly better gaming score

2767 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1194 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

1150 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1145 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

1103 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

22.30 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

18.13 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1999 points

76% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1133 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

567 points

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

397 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1475 points

38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1064 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

379 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

130 W

95 W

36% slightly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

793rd of 1,089

806th of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2008 August

Xeon E5-1603 vs Core 2 Quad Q9650 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-1603 performs better than the Core 2 Quad Q9650. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 2 Quad Q9650 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. The Core 2 Quad Q9650 outputs less heat than Xeon E5-1603 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Xeon E5-1603 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.