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General information Phenom II X3 720 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3 LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Heka Wolfdale
Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Threads 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 3 × 512 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X3 720 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 31661 0 % 30055 5.1 %
Future Proof 11 % 0 % 10 % 9.1 %
Benchmark Score 1005 0 % 816 18.8 %
Single Thread Score 1093.1 16.5 % 1309.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2273.6 MB/s 0 % 1881.8 MB/s 17.2 %
Compressing Data 34.3 MB/s 0 % 26.2 MB/s 23.6 %
String objects sorting 4290 thousand/s 0 % 3628.6 thousand/s 15.4 %
Prime numbers generation 8.9 millions/s 10.7 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 4214.4 millions/s 22.7 % 5452.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3567.7 millions/s 0 % 3251.8 millions/s 8.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X3 720, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Phenom II X3 720 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.8 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 78.2 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 97.7 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 122.1 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %

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 X3 720 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.3 FPS 103.4 FPS
High settings 170.0 FPS 165.4 FPS
Medium settings 212.5 FPS 206.8 FPS
Low settings 265.6 FPS 258.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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