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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-3240
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 2.8 GHz 17.6 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
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 Q9550 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 35153 0 % 35070 0.2 %
Future Proof 10 % 64.3 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1527 0 % 1513 0.9 %
Single Thread Score 1227.1 31.4 % 1789.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3255 MB/s 0 % 3234.1 MB/s 0.6 %
Compressing Data 48.6 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 5.6 %
String objects sorting 6473.2 thousand/s 0 % 6433.2 thousand/s 0.6 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 13 millions/s 31.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10592 millions/s 0 % 10232.9 millions/s 3.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6101.4 millions/s 0 % 5253.6 millions/s 13.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.8 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 147.1 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 Q9550 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 224.4 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 280.5 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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