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General information Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q4 2009 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Clarkdale Yorkfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 23.2 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 35313 0 % 34108 3.4 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 13 % 13.3 %
Benchmark Score 1555 0 % 1353 13 %
Single Thread Score 1408.1 0 % 1149.4 18.4 %
Encrypting Data 3314.8 MB/s 0 % 2916.7 MB/s 12 %
Compressing Data 37.5 MB/s 17.6 % 45.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5134.1 thousand/s 16.7 % 6161.8 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 35.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9297.6 millions/s 6.7 % 9963 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3990.9 millions/s 29.5 % 5661.2 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-660, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 94.9 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.6 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 148.2 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %

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 i5-660 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.5 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 180.0 FPS 176.5 FPS
Medium settings 225.0 FPS 220.7 FPS
Low settings 281.3 FPS 275.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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