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General information Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q2 2015 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Yorkfield
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 24.3 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 W 43.2 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 39045 0 % 35071 10.2 %
Future Proof 47 % 0 % 10 % 78.7 %
Benchmark Score 2324 0 % 1513 34.9 %
Single Thread Score 2074.4 0 % 1225.9 40.9 %
Encrypting Data 5333.3 MB/s 0 % 3474.9 MB/s 34.8 %
Compressing Data 51.5 MB/s 0 % 47.9 MB/s 6.9 %
String objects sorting 7322.1 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 11.7 %
Prime numbers generation 15.1 millions/s 19.9 % 18.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12515.4 millions/s 0 % 10690.3 millions/s 14.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6235.4 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 3.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-4170, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 113.2 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 141.5 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 176.8 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.7 %

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 Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 119.4 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 191.0 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 238.8 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 298.5 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.9 %
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