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General information Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q2 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3 LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Deneb Wolfdale
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 35216 0 % 30055 14.7 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 1538 0 % 816 46.9 %
Single Thread Score 1229.3 6.2 % 1310.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 3518.8 MB/s 0 % 1868.5 MB/s 46.9 %
Compressing Data 51.1 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 49.2 %
String objects sorting 6549.9 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 44.4 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 28.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7099.8 millions/s 0 % 5354.9 millions/s 24.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5295.8 millions/s 0 % 3287.8 millions/s 37.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 945, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 94.9 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 118.6 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 148.3 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.7 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 180.3 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 225.3 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 281.7 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.1 %
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