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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-540
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 2.8 GHz 9.7 % 3.1 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 Q9550 Core i3-540
Overall Score 35071 0 % 31563 10 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1513 0 % 992 34.4 %
Single Thread Score 1219.8 4.9 % 1282.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 3478.9 MB/s 0 % 2282.1 MB/s 34.4 %
Compressing Data 48.5 MB/s 0 % 33.1 MB/s 31.8 %
String objects sorting 6473.2 thousand/s 0 % 4557.9 thousand/s 29.6 %
Prime numbers generation 19.2 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 47.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10668.9 millions/s 0 % 8038.7 millions/s 24.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6076.2 millions/s 0 % 3531.5 millions/s 41.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 147.2 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %

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 Q9550 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.4 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 179.8 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 224.8 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 281.0 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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