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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 vs Intel Core i5-2400

Last updated: 2026-05-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 71 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 76 %

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-2400

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

461 pts

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

615 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,742 pts

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,011 pts

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

469

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

691

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,550

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

2,345

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

1,021

4C / 4T · 3.10 GHz

1,230

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
Family	Intel Core2 Quad (19)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8000/Q9000 (16)	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
Architecture	Yorkfield (Penryn)	Sandy Bridge S
Technology	45 nm	32 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 775	LGA 1155
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
CPU Cores / Threads	4 / 4	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	4x	4x
Frequency:	3.00 GHz	3.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache		6.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
GPU frequency		0.85 - 1.10 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	6 / 48
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		2
Max. GPU Memory		2 GB
Technology		32 nm
Release date		Q1/2011

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
Memory	DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)	DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth		8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
TDP	95 W	95 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	Intel Core i5-2400
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	MMX, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q3/2008	Q1/2011
Release price
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 is 4.3 stars (35 ratings), while Intel Core i5-2400 has received 3.7 stars (45 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-2400
4C / 4T · 3.10 - 3.40 GHz

★★★★★