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General information Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-530
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.5 GHz 13.8 % 2.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 3 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-530
Overall Score 33590 0 % 31344 6.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1273 0 % 965 24.2 %
Single Thread Score 1074.6 8 % 1168.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 2936 MB/s 0 % 2202 MB/s 25 %
Compressing Data 42.8 MB/s 0 % 30.7 MB/s 28.3 %
String objects sorting 5693.9 thousand/s 0 % 4316.8 thousand/s 24.2 %
Prime numbers generation 8.9 millions/s 10.6 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9300.1 millions/s 0 % 7741.6 millions/s 16.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5430.6 millions/s 0 % 3349.9 millions/s 38.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9300, Core i3-530.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.5 FPS 47.9 FPS
High settings 87.2 FPS 76.6 FPS
Medium settings 109.0 FPS 95.8 FPS
Low settings 136.3 FPS 119.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %

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 Q9300 Core i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.8 FPS 105.8 FPS
High settings 175.6 FPS 169.3 FPS
Medium settings 219.5 FPS 211.6 FPS
Low settings 274.4 FPS 264.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.6 %
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