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General information Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2125
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 2.7 GHz 18.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 × 3 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 34275 0 % 34149 0.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1380 0 % 1360 1.4 %
Single Thread Score 1134.7 28.3 % 1582.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2974.4 MB/s 0 % 2933.7 MB/s 1.4 %
Compressing Data 45.1 MB/s 0 % 43 MB/s 4.9 %
String objects sorting 6190 thousand/s 5.7 % 6564.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 9.1 millions/s 35.1 % 14 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10092.2 millions/s 0.3 % 10126.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5580.3 millions/s 0 % 3711.3 millions/s 33.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9400, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.2 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 90.0 FPS 89.4 FPS
Medium settings 112.5 FPS 111.7 FPS
Low settings 140.6 FPS 139.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.7 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 177.1 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 221.3 FPS 220.9 FPS
Low settings 276.6 FPS 276.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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