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General information A8-5500 Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2 LGA775
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Trinity Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-5500 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 36081 0 % 35632 1.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 1695 0 % 1612 4.9 %
Single Thread Score 1337.7 0 % 1274 4.8 %
Encrypting Data 3659.8 MB/s 0 % 3453.2 MB/s 5.6 %
Compressing Data 42.7 MB/s 15.4 % 50.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5439 thousand/s 20 % 6797.2 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11.1 millions/s 41.6 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17612.4 millions/s 0 % 11216.3 millions/s 36.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4658.6 millions/s 27 % 6379.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5500, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second A8-5500 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.6 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 98.6 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 123.2 FPS 120.5 FPS
Low settings 154.0 FPS 150.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

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 A8-5500 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.8 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 182.1 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 227.6 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 284.6 FPS 282.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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