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General information Core2 Quad Q9450 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 × 6 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 34486 0 % 34069 1.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1414 0 % 1347 4.7 %
Single Thread Score 1143.1 26.9 % 1563.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3222.8 MB/s 0 % 3072.6 MB/s 4.7 %
Compressing Data 44.4 MB/s 0 % 42.8 MB/s 3.4 %
String objects sorting 6001 thousand/s 8.1 % 6531.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 17.9 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 21 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10070.6 millions/s 0.3 % 10096.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5668.9 millions/s 0 % 3748.8 millions/s 33.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9450, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 91.5 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 114.4 FPS 111.9 FPS
Low settings 143.0 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9450 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.2 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 177.9 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 222.4 FPS 220.9 FPS
Low settings 278.0 FPS 276.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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