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General information Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2009 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.5 GHz 19.4 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-540
Overall Score 33298 0 % 31640 5 %
Future Proof 11 % 35.3 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1229 0 % 1002 18.5 %
Single Thread Score 1058.9 16.4 % 1267.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 2607.2 MB/s 0 % 2140.4 MB/s 17.9 %
Compressing Data 40.6 MB/s 0 % 32.7 MB/s 19.4 %
String objects sorting 5536.8 thousand/s 0 % 4521.3 thousand/s 18.3 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 30.6 % 10.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9086.1 millions/s 0 % 7998.4 millions/s 12 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5219.8 millions/s 0 % 3489.5 millions/s 33.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8300, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.4 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 85.4 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 106.8 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 133.5 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %

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 Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.0 FPS 106.0 FPS
High settings 174.3 FPS 169.6 FPS
Medium settings 217.9 FPS 212.1 FPS
Low settings 272.4 FPS 265.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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