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General information Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-550
Launched Q1 2009 Q2 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 21.9 % 3.2 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 i3-550
Overall Score 33298 0 % 32019 3.8 %
Future Proof 11 % 38.9 % 18 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1229 0 % 1051 14.5 %
Single Thread Score 1058.9 21.5 % 1349.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2607.2 MB/s 0 % 2251.8 MB/s 13.6 %
Compressing Data 40.6 MB/s 0 % 34.5 MB/s 14.9 %
String objects sorting 5536.8 thousand/s 0 % 4748.9 thousand/s 14.2 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 30.5 % 10.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9086.1 millions/s 0 % 8538.5 millions/s 6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5219.8 millions/s 0 % 3695.3 millions/s 29.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8300, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.4 FPS 49.7 FPS
High settings 85.4 FPS 79.5 FPS
Medium settings 106.8 FPS 99.4 FPS
Low settings 133.5 FPS 124.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.9 %

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 i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.0 FPS 106.7 FPS
High settings 174.3 FPS 170.7 FPS
Medium settings 217.9 FPS 213.3 FPS
Low settings 272.4 FPS 266.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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