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General information A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9300
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM1 LGA775
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Llano Yorkfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 95 W 5 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 1 MB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9300
Overall Score 34928 0 % 33590 3.8 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 1488 0 % 1273 14.4 %
Single Thread Score 1215.5 0 % 1074.6 11.6 %
Encrypting Data 3419 MB/s 0 % 2901.1 MB/s 15.1 %
Compressing Data 50.3 MB/s 0 % 42.4 MB/s 15.7 %
String objects sorting 6403.2 thousand/s 0 % 5734 thousand/s 10.5 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 10.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6911.2 millions/s 25.9 % 9327.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5331 millions/s 2 % 5441.5 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-3870K, Core2 Quad Q9300.

Average frames per second A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.4 FPS 54.5 FPS
High settings 93.5 FPS 87.2 FPS
Medium settings 116.9 FPS 109.0 FPS
Low settings 146.1 FPS 136.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %

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 A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 109.8 FPS
High settings 179.4 FPS 175.6 FPS
Medium settings 224.2 FPS 219.6 FPS
Low settings 280.3 FPS 274.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %
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