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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 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 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.6 GHz 7.1 %
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 Q9550 Core i3-2120T
Overall Score 35153 0 % 31562 10.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1527 0 % 992 35 %
Single Thread Score 1227.1 0 % 1168.3 4.8 %
Encrypting Data 3255 MB/s 0 % 2104.6 MB/s 35.3 %
Compressing Data 48.6 MB/s 0 % 31.4 MB/s 35.5 %
String objects sorting 6473.2 thousand/s 0 % 4789.2 thousand/s 26 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 47.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10592 millions/s 0 % 7185.3 millions/s 32.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6101.4 millions/s 0 % 2863.7 millions/s 53.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, Core i3-2120T.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.8 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 77.3 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 96.7 FPS
Low settings 147.1 FPS 120.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.9 %

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 Q9550 Core i3-2120T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 105.9 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 169.4 FPS
Medium settings 224.4 FPS 211.8 FPS
Low settings 280.5 FPS 264.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %
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