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General information Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q1 2010 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) 87 W 8.4 % 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 i5-661 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 35510 0 % 34009 4.2 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 13 % 23.5 %
Benchmark Score 1590 0 % 1338 15.8 %
Single Thread Score 1439.5 0 % 1137 21 %
Encrypting Data 3626.7 MB/s 0 % 3079 MB/s 15.1 %
Compressing Data 38 MB/s 16.1 % 45.3 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5327 thousand/s 12.4 % 6083.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 10.9 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 35.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9508 millions/s 3.9 % 9893.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4078.3 millions/s 27.9 % 5656.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-661, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.2 FPS 55.8 FPS
High settings 96.3 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 120.4 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 150.5 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.4 %

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 Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.1 FPS 110.4 FPS
High settings 181.0 FPS 176.7 FPS
Medium settings 226.2 FPS 220.8 FPS
Low settings 282.8 FPS 276.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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