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General information Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2120T
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 0 % 2.6 GHz 3.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 35 W 63.2 %
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 Q9450 Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 34483 0 % 31485 8.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1414 0 % 983 30.5 %
Single Thread Score 1128.3 1.7 % 1147.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 3222.3 MB/s 0 % 2264.3 MB/s 29.7 %
Compressing Data 44.8 MB/s 0 % 31.6 MB/s 29.5 %
String objects sorting 5995 thousand/s 0 % 4813.2 thousand/s 19.7 %
Prime numbers generation 17.8 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 44.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10111 millions/s 0 % 7235.5 millions/s 28.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5640.5 millions/s 0 % 2875.2 millions/s 49 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9450, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 91.5 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 114.4 FPS 96.6 FPS
Low settings 142.9 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.5 %

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 Q9450 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.3 FPS 106.0 FPS
High settings 178.1 FPS 169.6 FPS
Medium settings 222.7 FPS 212.0 FPS
Low settings 278.3 FPS 265.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.8 %
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