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General information Core i5-3450 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 PGA478
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 19.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 45 W 41.6 %
Performance Core i5-3450 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Overall Score 41298 0 % 33370 19.2 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 2909 0 % 1240 57.4 %
Single Thread Score 1874.7 0 % 1060.7 43.4 %
Encrypting Data 1126.7 MB/s 60.3 % 2836.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 68.9 MB/s 0 % 39.9 MB/s 42.1 %
String objects sorting 8805.8 thousand/s 0 % 5475.5 thousand/s 37.8 %
Prime numbers generation 28 millions/s 0 % 16.1 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14317.9 millions/s 0 % 9006.3 millions/s 37.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10535.4 millions/s 0 % 4443.5 millions/s 57.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3450, Core2 Extreme Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i5-3450 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.3 FPS 53.9 FPS
High settings 123.8 FPS 86.3 FPS
Medium settings 154.7 FPS 107.8 FPS
Low settings 193.4 FPS 134.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.3 %

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 i5-3450 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.2 FPS 109.3 FPS
High settings 197.2 FPS 174.9 FPS
Medium settings 246.5 FPS 218.6 FPS
Low settings 308.1 FPS 273.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.3 %
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