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General information Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9650
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 % 3 GHz 18.9 %
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 Q9650
Overall Score 39045 0 % 35545 9 %
Future Proof 47 % 0 % 10 % 78.7 %
Benchmark Score 2324 0 % 1596 31.3 %
Single Thread Score 2049.7 0 % 1281.7 37.5 %
Encrypting Data 5328.7 MB/s 0 % 3645.1 MB/s 31.6 %
Compressing Data 51.1 MB/s 0.5 % 51.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7227.7 thousand/s 0 % 6890.1 thousand/s 4.7 %
Prime numbers generation 15.1 millions/s 20.3 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12403.1 millions/s 0 % 11363 millions/s 8.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6310.9 millions/s 0 % 6288 millions/s 0.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-4170, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Core i3-4170 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 113.2 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 141.5 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 176.8 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.8 %

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 Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 119.4 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 191.0 FPS 181.2 FPS
Medium settings 238.8 FPS 226.5 FPS
Low settings 298.5 FPS 283.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %
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