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General information Core2 Quad Q8400 Core i3-560
Launched Q2 2009 Q3 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 18.2 % 3.3 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 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q8400 Core i3-560
Overall Score 34008 0 % 32196 5.3 %
Future Proof 13 % 35 % 20 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1338 0 % 1075 19.7 %
Single Thread Score 1137 15.8 % 1350.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3048 MB/s 0 % 2472.9 MB/s 18.9 %
Compressing Data 44.9 MB/s 0 % 35.2 MB/s 21.6 %
String objects sorting 6077.5 thousand/s 0 % 4935.2 thousand/s 18.8 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 22.2 % 9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9903.2 millions/s 0 % 7779.8 millions/s 21.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5656.1 millions/s 0 % 3830.9 millions/s 32.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8400, Core i3-560.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8400 Core i3-560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 55.7 FPS 50.5 FPS
High settings 89.2 FPS 80.7 FPS
Medium settings 111.5 FPS 100.9 FPS
Low settings 139.4 FPS 126.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %

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 Q8400 Core i3-560
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.4 FPS 107.2 FPS
High settings 176.7 FPS 171.6 FPS
Medium settings 220.8 FPS 214.5 FPS
Low settings 276.0 FPS 268.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %
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