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General information Core i5-2550K Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 17.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2550K Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 40433 0 % 35071 13.3 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 2673 0 % 1513 43.4 %
Single Thread Score 1742.7 0 % 1218.6 30.1 %
Encrypting Data 1033.7 MB/s 70.4 % 3489.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66.2 MB/s 0 % 47.8 MB/s 27.8 %
String objects sorting 9059.8 thousand/s 0 % 6557.1 thousand/s 27.6 %
Prime numbers generation 26.2 millions/s 0 % 18.9 millions/s 27.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14496.5 millions/s 0 % 10615.4 millions/s 26.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7554.4 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 20.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2550K, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-2550K Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 149.6 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %

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 i5-2550K Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 194.9 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 243.6 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 304.5 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.7 %
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