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General information Core i5-2540M Core2 Extreme Q6850
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Mobile Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket BGA1023 LGA775
Clock 2.6 GHz 13.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 W 73.1 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Core i5-2540M Core2 Extreme Q6850
Overall Score 35209 0 % 35021 0.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 1537 0 % 1504 2.1 %
Single Thread Score 1411.8 0 % 1233.5 12.6 %
Encrypting Data 3302.2 MB/s 0 % 3196.6 MB/s 3.2 %
Compressing Data 36.5 MB/s 30 % 52.1 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5685.5 thousand/s 16.7 % 6824.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11.9 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 8.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8606.3 millions/s 18.8 % 10599.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3270.7 millions/s 36.6 % 5158.8 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 Extreme Q6850.

Average frames per second Core i5-2540M Core2 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 94.4 FPS 93.6 FPS
Medium settings 118.0 FPS 117.0 FPS
Low settings 147.5 FPS 146.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 Extreme Q6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.3 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 179.7 FPS 179.1 FPS
Medium settings 224.6 FPS 223.9 FPS
Low settings 280.7 FPS 279.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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