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General information Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X3 720
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA775 AM3
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad AMD Phenom II X3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Heka
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 3 25 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
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
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 6 MB
3 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X3 720
Overall Score 35546 0 % 31661 10.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 9.1 % 11 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1596 0 % 1005 37 %
Single Thread Score 1276.6 0 % 1093.1 14.4 %
Encrypting Data 3678 MB/s 0 % 2273.6 MB/s 38.2 %
Compressing Data 51 MB/s 0 % 34.3 MB/s 32.7 %
String objects sorting 6801.1 thousand/s 0 % 4290 thousand/s 36.9 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 53.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11317.9 millions/s 0 % 4214.4 millions/s 62.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6332.3 millions/s 0 % 3567.7 millions/s 43.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9650, Phenom II X3 720.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9650 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 48.8 FPS
High settings 96.5 FPS 78.2 FPS
Medium settings 120.6 FPS 97.7 FPS
Low settings 150.7 FPS 122.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %

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 X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.2 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 181.1 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 226.3 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 282.9 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.1 %
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