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General information Core i5-2500 Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q4 2010 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 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
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 i5-2500 Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 40411 0 % 34208 15.3 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 2667 0 % 1369 48.7 %
Single Thread Score 1719 0 % 1127.8 34.4 %
Encrypting Data 1039.9 MB/s 66.9 % 3138.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.4 MB/s 0 % 45.3 MB/s 30.7 %
String objects sorting 9076.1 thousand/s 0 % 6150 thousand/s 32.2 %
Prime numbers generation 24.1 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 62.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14582.6 millions/s 0 % 10120.3 millions/s 30.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7502.2 millions/s 0 % 5562.5 millions/s 25.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 119.6 FPS 90.2 FPS
Medium settings 149.5 FPS 112.7 FPS
Low settings 186.9 FPS 140.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %

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 i5-2500 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 177.3 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 221.6 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 277.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %
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