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General information Core i5-2500K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 PGA478
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 45 W 52.6 %
Performance Core i5-2500K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Overall Score 40396 0 % 33370 17.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 2663 0 % 1240 53.4 %
Single Thread Score 1703.1 0 % 1060.7 37.7 %
Encrypting Data 1040 MB/s 63 % 2808.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.1 MB/s 0 % 40.5 MB/s 37.8 %
String objects sorting 8990.8 thousand/s 0 % 5541.5 thousand/s 38.4 %
Prime numbers generation 26.2 millions/s 0 % 15.9 millions/s 39.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14477 millions/s 0 % 8881.4 millions/s 38.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7380.8 millions/s 0 % 4443.5 millions/s 39.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500K, Core2 Extreme Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.7 FPS 53.9 FPS
High settings 119.5 FPS 86.3 FPS
Medium settings 149.4 FPS 107.8 FPS
Low settings 186.8 FPS 134.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.8 %

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 i5-2500K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 109.4 FPS
High settings 194.8 FPS 175.0 FPS
Medium settings 243.5 FPS 218.8 FPS
Low settings 304.3 FPS 273.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.1 %
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