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General information Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 3.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 38561 0 % 34192 11.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2211 0 % 1367 38.2 %
Single Thread Score 1422.4 0 % 1142.7 19.7 %
Encrypting Data 5023.8 MB/s 0 % 3130.4 MB/s 37.7 %
Compressing Data 55.7 MB/s 0 % 45.2 MB/s 18.7 %
String objects sorting 7675.6 thousand/s 0 % 6085.5 thousand/s 20.7 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 59.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12176.4 millions/s 0 % 10102.2 millions/s 17 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6342.3 millions/s 0 % 5608.4 millions/s 11.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2300, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 110.8 FPS 90.1 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 112.6 FPS
Low settings 173.2 FPS 140.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.7 %

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 Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 177.3 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 221.7 FPS
Low settings 296.3 FPS 277.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.5 %
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