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General information Core i5-2400S Core2 Quad Q9550
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 2.5 GHz 10.7 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2400S Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 37820 0 % 35072 7.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2046 0 % 1513 26.1 %
Single Thread Score 1487.8 0 % 1211.2 18.6 %
Encrypting Data 4633.8 MB/s 0 % 3447.8 MB/s 25.6 %
Compressing Data 50.5 MB/s 0 % 48.7 MB/s 3.5 %
String objects sorting 6818.6 thousand/s 0 % 6473.2 thousand/s 5.1 %
Prime numbers generation 21.1 millions/s 0 % 19.1 millions/s 9.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10959.8 millions/s 0 % 10594 millions/s 3.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5634.3 millions/s 6.7 % 6039.9 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2400S, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-2400S Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 67.0 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 107.3 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 134.1 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 167.6 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.2 %

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 Core i5-2400S Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.3 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 187.6 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 234.5 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 293.2 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.2 %
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