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General information Core i5-3570K Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q2 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 Ivy 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) 77 W 18.9 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 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 i5-3570K Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 42304 0 % 35071 17.1 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 3203 0 % 1513 52.8 %
Single Thread Score 2028.6 0 % 1218.6 39.9 %
Encrypting Data 1245.8 MB/s 64.3 % 3489.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 75.2 MB/s 0 % 48.4 MB/s 35.6 %
String objects sorting 9650.2 thousand/s 0 % 6589.8 thousand/s 31.7 %
Prime numbers generation 30 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 37.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15692.5 millions/s 0 % 10594 millions/s 32.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11486 millions/s 0 % 6033.8 millions/s 47.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3570K, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i5-3570K Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 80.4 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 128.6 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 160.7 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 200.9 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.7 %

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 i5-3570K Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 125.1 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 200.2 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 250.2 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 312.8 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.2 %
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