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General information Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q1 2010 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 % 2.7 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 35512 0 % 34195 3.7 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 1590 0 % 1367 14 %
Single Thread Score 1446.7 0 % 1132.5 21.7 %
Encrypting Data 3623.6 MB/s 0 % 3149.6 MB/s 13.1 %
Compressing Data 38.3 MB/s 14.7 % 44.9 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5359.3 thousand/s 13.1 % 6165.4 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11.1 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 18.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9594.2 millions/s 4.4 % 10032 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4090.5 millions/s 26.9 % 5597.2 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 Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i5-661 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.2 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 96.3 FPS 90.1 FPS
Medium settings 120.4 FPS 112.6 FPS
Low settings 150.5 FPS 140.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.4 %

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 Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 110.7 FPS
High settings 180.8 FPS 177.1 FPS
Medium settings 226.0 FPS 221.4 FPS
Low settings 282.4 FPS 276.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %
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