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General information Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X4 840
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA775 AM2+
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad AMD Phenom II X4
Core Family Name Yorkfield Deneb
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
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 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 6 MB
4 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X4 840
Overall Score 35548 0 % 35289 0.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 56.5 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1597 0 % 1551 2.9 %
Single Thread Score 1290.7 0 % 1289.9 0.1 %
Encrypting Data 3667.6 MB/s 0 % 3555 MB/s 3.1 %
Compressing Data 50.8 MB/s 7 % 54.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6886.3 thousand/s 1.4 % 6985 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 18.8 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11272.7 millions/s 0 % 7551.1 millions/s 33 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6341.3 millions/s 0 % 5581.7 millions/s 12 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9650, Phenom II X4 840.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X4 840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 59.5 FPS
High settings 96.5 FPS 95.2 FPS
Medium settings 120.6 FPS 119.0 FPS
Low settings 150.7 FPS 148.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.3 %

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 Q9650 Phenom II X4 840
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.1 FPS 112.6 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 180.1 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 225.1 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 281.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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