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General information Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Quad Q9450
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Deneb Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 35287 0 % 34483 2.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1550 0 % 1414 8.8 %
Single Thread Score 1291.2 0 % 1135.1 12.1 %
Encrypting Data 3522 MB/s 0 % 3225 MB/s 8.4 %
Compressing Data 54 MB/s 0 % 44.4 MB/s 17.7 %
String objects sorting 6964 thousand/s 0 % 6019 thousand/s 13.6 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 50.3 % 18.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7543.5 millions/s 25.7 % 10151.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5621 millions/s 0.4 % 5646.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 840, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.5 FPS 57.2 FPS
High settings 95.2 FPS 91.5 FPS
Medium settings 119.0 FPS 114.4 FPS
Low settings 148.8 FPS 142.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %

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 Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.5 FPS 111.1 FPS
High settings 180.1 FPS 177.8 FPS
Medium settings 225.1 FPS 222.2 FPS
Low settings 281.4 FPS 277.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %
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