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General information Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2120
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 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 2.5 GHz 24.2 % 3.3 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 × 3 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 33590 0 % 33526 0.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 56.5 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1273 0 % 1263 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 1074.6 28.3 % 1497.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 2901.1 MB/s 0 % 2864.6 MB/s 1.3 %
Compressing Data 42.4 MB/s 0 % 40.9 MB/s 3.6 %
String objects sorting 5734 thousand/s 5.9 % 6092.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 24.5 % 11.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9327.8 millions/s 0.9 % 9415.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5441.5 millions/s 0 % 3638.9 millions/s 33.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9300, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.5 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 87.2 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 109.0 FPS 108.7 FPS
Low settings 136.3 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.8 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 175.6 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 219.6 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 274.5 FPS 274.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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