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General information Core i5-670 Core2 Quad Q9550
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 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
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 i5-670 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 35860 0 % 35153 2 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 1654 0 % 1527 7.7 %
Single Thread Score 1522.4 0 % 1227.1 19.4 %
Encrypting Data 3525 MB/s 0 % 3255 MB/s 7.7 %
Compressing Data 39.4 MB/s 19 % 48.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5639.8 thousand/s 12.9 % 6473.2 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 41.9 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9896.3 millions/s 6.6 % 10592 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4217.2 millions/s 30.9 % 6101.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-670, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-670 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.9 FPS 58.8 FPS
High settings 97.5 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 121.9 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 152.3 FPS 147.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %

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 i5-670 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.5 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 181.5 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 226.9 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 283.7 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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