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General information Core2 Quad Q9650 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 3 GHz 9.1 % 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 Q9650 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 35548 0 % 34069 4.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1597 0 % 1347 15.7 %
Single Thread Score 1290.7 17.5 % 1563.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3667.6 MB/s 0 % 3072.6 MB/s 16.2 %
Compressing Data 50.8 MB/s 0 % 42.8 MB/s 15.6 %
String objects sorting 6886.3 thousand/s 0 % 6531.9 thousand/s 5.1 %
Prime numbers generation 18.8 millions/s 0 % 14.1 millions/s 25 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11272.7 millions/s 0 % 10096.2 millions/s 10.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6341.3 millions/s 0 % 3748.8 millions/s 40.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9650, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 96.5 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 120.6 FPS 111.9 FPS
Low settings 150.7 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %

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 Q9650 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.1 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 220.9 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 276.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %
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