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General information Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i5-660
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Yorkfield Clarkdale
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 % 73 W 23.2 %
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 i5-660
Overall Score 35548 0 % 35227 0.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 33.3 % 15 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1597 0 % 1540 3.6 %
Single Thread Score 1276.6 9.6 % 1412.3 0 %
Encrypting Data 3638.7 MB/s 0 % 3498.5 MB/s 3.9 %
Compressing Data 51.2 MB/s 0 % 37.7 MB/s 26.3 %
String objects sorting 6808.9 thousand/s 0 % 5222.3 thousand/s 23.3 %
Prime numbers generation 20 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 45.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11344.4 millions/s 0 % 9344 millions/s 17.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6293.4 millions/s 0 % 3935.3 millions/s 37.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9650, Core i5-660.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i5-660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 59.3 FPS
High settings 96.5 FPS 94.9 FPS
Medium settings 120.6 FPS 118.7 FPS
Low settings 150.7 FPS 148.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i5-660
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 112.5 FPS
High settings 180.8 FPS 179.9 FPS
Medium settings 226.0 FPS 224.9 FPS
Low settings 282.6 FPS 281.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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