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General information Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q9450
Launched Q2 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 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 25 %
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 i5-680 Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 36069 0 % 34483 4.4 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1693 0 % 1414 16.5 %
Single Thread Score 1584.7 0 % 1123.8 29.1 %
Encrypting Data 3852.9 MB/s 0 % 3228.3 MB/s 16.2 %
Compressing Data 42.5 MB/s 5.1 % 44.8 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5648.7 thousand/s 6.2 % 6019 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 10.9 millions/s 38.7 % 17.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10367 millions/s 0 % 10090.8 millions/s 2.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4396.9 millions/s 22.4 % 5668.9 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-680, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.9 FPS 57.2 FPS
High settings 99.0 FPS 91.5 FPS
Medium settings 123.7 FPS 114.4 FPS
Low settings 154.7 FPS 142.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.6 %

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 Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 111.2 FPS
High settings 182.3 FPS 177.9 FPS
Medium settings 227.9 FPS 222.4 FPS
Low settings 284.9 FPS 278.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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