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General information Core2 Quad Q9450 Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Yorkfield Conroe
Clock 2.7 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 6 MB
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q9450 Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 34483 0 % 27346 20.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1414 0 % 559 60.5 %
Single Thread Score 1134 0 % 932.3 17.8 %
Encrypting Data 3260.7 MB/s 0 % 1275.6 MB/s 60.9 %
Compressing Data 44.5 MB/s 0 % 18.9 MB/s 57.6 %
String objects sorting 6049 thousand/s 0 % 2599.4 thousand/s 57 %
Prime numbers generation 18 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 83.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10161.6 millions/s 0 % 3601 millions/s 64.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5686 millions/s 0 % 1996 millions/s 64.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9450, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9450 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.2 FPS 37.3 FPS
High settings 91.5 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 114.4 FPS 74.6 FPS
Low settings 142.9 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.8 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9450 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.3 FPS 98.8 FPS
High settings 178.2 FPS 158.1 FPS
Medium settings 222.7 FPS 197.7 FPS
Low settings 278.4 FPS 247.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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