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General information Core2 Quad Q9450 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 2.7 GHz 6.9 % 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 × 6 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-530
Overall Score 34483 0 % 31344 9.1 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1414 0 % 965 31.8 %
Single Thread Score 1128.3 3.2 % 1166.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3222.3 MB/s 0 % 2199.8 MB/s 31.7 %
Compressing Data 44.8 MB/s 0 % 30.8 MB/s 31.2 %
String objects sorting 5995 thousand/s 0 % 4312.4 thousand/s 28.1 %
Prime numbers generation 17.8 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 43.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10111 millions/s 0 % 7819.6 millions/s 22.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5640.5 millions/s 0 % 3390.2 millions/s 39.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9450, Core i3-530.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 47.9 FPS
High settings 91.5 FPS 76.6 FPS
Medium settings 114.4 FPS 95.8 FPS
Low settings 142.9 FPS 119.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %

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 Q9450 Core i3-530
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.3 FPS 105.8 FPS
High settings 178.1 FPS 169.3 FPS
Medium settings 222.7 FPS 211.6 FPS
Low settings 278.3 FPS 264.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 5 %
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