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General information Core i5-6400 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q3 2015 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Skylake-S Yorkfield
Clock 2.7 GHz 3.6 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-6400 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 42754 0 % 35071 18 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 10 % 79.6 %
Benchmark Score 3341 0 % 1513 54.7 %
Single Thread Score 1962.9 0 % 1225.9 37.5 %
Encrypting Data 1482.5 MB/s 57.3 % 3474.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 69.5 MB/s 0 % 47.9 MB/s 31 %
String objects sorting 8816.9 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 26.7 %
Prime numbers generation 26.1 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 27.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13708.3 millions/s 0 % 10690.3 millions/s 22 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11644.8 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 48.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6400, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-6400 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 81.7 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 130.8 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 163.4 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 204.3 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.9 %

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 i5-6400 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.9 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 201.5 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 251.8 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 314.8 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.7 %
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