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General information Core2 Quad Q8400 Phenom II X2 550
Launched Q2 2009 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA775 AM2+
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad AMD Phenom II X2
Core Family Name Yorkfield Callisto
Clock 2.7 GHz 12.9 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 80 W 15.8 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q8400 Phenom II X2 550
Overall Score 34008 0 % 29415 13.5 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 13 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1338 0 % 749 44 %
Single Thread Score 1154.2 5.9 % 1226.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 3045.4 MB/s 0 % 1714.7 MB/s 43.7 %
Compressing Data 45.6 MB/s 0 % 24.9 MB/s 45.3 %
String objects sorting 6138.5 thousand/s 0 % 3232.2 thousand/s 47.3 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 12.1 % 8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9913.2 millions/s 0 % 3236.5 millions/s 67.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5673 millions/s 0 % 2651 millions/s 53.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8400, Phenom II X2 550.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8400 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 55.7 FPS 42.3 FPS
High settings 89.2 FPS 67.6 FPS
Medium settings 111.5 FPS 84.5 FPS
Low settings 139.4 FPS 105.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.2 %

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 Core2 Quad Q8400 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.5 FPS 102.4 FPS
High settings 176.8 FPS 163.8 FPS
Medium settings 221.0 FPS 204.8 FPS
Low settings 276.2 FPS 256.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %
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