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General information Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-2100
Launched Q1 2009 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Sandy Bridge
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 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 i3-2100
Overall Score 33298 0 % 33138 0.5 %
Future Proof 11 % 52.2 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1229 0 % 1206 1.9 %
Single Thread Score 1058.9 25.3 % 1418 0 %
Encrypting Data 2607.2 MB/s 0 % 2575.5 MB/s 1.2 %
Compressing Data 40.6 MB/s 0 % 38.6 MB/s 4.8 %
String objects sorting 5536.8 thousand/s 5.2 % 5839.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 41.5 % 12 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9086.1 millions/s 0 % 8949.9 millions/s 1.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5219.8 millions/s 0 % 3384 millions/s 35.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8300, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8300 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.4 FPS 52.9 FPS
High settings 85.4 FPS 84.7 FPS
Medium settings 106.8 FPS 105.8 FPS
Low settings 133.5 FPS 132.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.0 FPS 108.7 FPS
High settings 174.3 FPS 173.8 FPS
Medium settings 217.9 FPS 217.3 FPS
Low settings 272.4 FPS 271.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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