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General information Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-550
Launched Q4 2008 Q2 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 21.9 % 3.2 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 i3-550
Overall Score 33521 0 % 31852 5 %
Future Proof 10 % 44.4 % 18 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 1029 18.5 %
Single Thread Score 1080 19.9 % 1349 0 %
Encrypting Data 2892.7 MB/s 0 % 2351.1 MB/s 18.7 %
Compressing Data 42.7 MB/s 0 % 34.1 MB/s 20.1 %
String objects sorting 5764.7 thousand/s 0 % 4796.9 thousand/s 16.8 %
Prime numbers generation 8.9 millions/s 10.4 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9180.3 millions/s 0 % 8428.7 millions/s 8.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5437.1 millions/s 0 % 3656 millions/s 32.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9300, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 87.1 FPS 79.3 FPS
Medium settings 108.9 FPS 99.1 FPS
Low settings 136.1 FPS 123.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.9 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.8 FPS 106.9 FPS
High settings 175.7 FPS 171.0 FPS
Medium settings 219.7 FPS 213.7 FPS
Low settings 274.6 FPS 267.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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