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General information Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2105
Launched Q4 2008 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.7 GHz 12.9 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 i3-2105
Overall Score 34483 0 % 32895 4.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1414 0 % 1171 17.2 %
Single Thread Score 1139.7 19.5 % 1416.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3199.7 MB/s 0 % 2681.7 MB/s 16.2 %
Compressing Data 44.5 MB/s 0 % 36.6 MB/s 17.8 %
String objects sorting 5941 thousand/s 0 % 5770.1 thousand/s 2.9 %
Prime numbers generation 17.9 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 33.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10181.8 millions/s 0 % 8420.6 millions/s 17.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5680.3 millions/s 0 % 3334.5 millions/s 41.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9450, Core i3-2105.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2105
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 91.5 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 114.4 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 142.9 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %

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 i3-2105
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.3 FPS 108.5 FPS
High settings 178.1 FPS 173.6 FPS
Medium settings 222.7 FPS 217.0 FPS
Low settings 278.3 FPS 271.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.5 %
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