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General information Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q4 2009 Q4 2008
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 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 35230 0 % 35074 0.4 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 1541 0 % 1513 1.8 %
Single Thread Score 1412.3 0 % 1224.7 13.3 %
Encrypting Data 3548.9 MB/s 0 % 3431 MB/s 3.3 %
Compressing Data 37.4 MB/s 23.3 % 48.7 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5196.4 thousand/s 21 % 6577.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 42 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9204.8 millions/s 14 % 10700 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3975 millions/s 33.8 % 6003.6 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 Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-660 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 95.0 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.7 FPS 117.8 FPS
Low settings 148.4 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.5 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 180.0 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 224.9 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 281.2 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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