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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 A8-3870K
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA775 FM1
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad AMD A8
Core Family Name Yorkfield Llano
Clock 2.8 GHz 6.7 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 5 % 100 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 6 MB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q9550 A8-3870K
Overall Score 35071 0 % 34928 0.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 63 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1513 0 % 1488 1.7 %
Single Thread Score 1218.6 0 % 1215.5 0.3 %
Encrypting Data 3489.2 MB/s 0 % 3419 MB/s 2 %
Compressing Data 47.8 MB/s 4.9 % 50.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6557.1 thousand/s 0 % 6403.2 thousand/s 2.3 %
Prime numbers generation 18.9 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 46.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10615.4 millions/s 0 % 6911.2 millions/s 34.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6027.8 millions/s 0 % 5331 millions/s 11.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 58.4 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 147.2 FPS 146.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9550 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 179.8 FPS 179.4 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 224.2 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 280.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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