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General information Core i5-2540M Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Mobile Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket BGA1023 LGA775
Clock 2.6 GHz 7.1 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 W 63.2 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Core i5-2540M Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 35209 0 % 35153 0.2 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 1537 0 % 1527 0.7 %
Single Thread Score 1411.8 0 % 1227.1 13.1 %
Encrypting Data 3302.2 MB/s 0 % 3255 MB/s 1.4 %
Compressing Data 36.5 MB/s 25 % 48.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5685.5 thousand/s 12.2 % 6473.2 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11.9 millions/s 37.1 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8606.3 millions/s 18.7 % 10592 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3270.7 millions/s 46.4 % 6101.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2540M, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-2540M Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 58.8 FPS
High settings 94.4 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.0 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 147.5 FPS 147.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %

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 i5-2540M Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.3 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 179.7 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 224.6 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 280.7 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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