Intel Xeon W3520 vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400

Xeon W3520 vs Core 2 Quad Q9400 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon W3520 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon W3520 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9400. The Core 2 Quad Q9400 outputs less heat than Xeon W3520 thanks to a slightly 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 Xeon W3520

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 W3520 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.