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General information Core2 Quad Q9300 Core2 Duo E8600
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 Wolfdale
Clock 2.5 GHz 24.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 3 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core2 Quad Q9300 Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 33590 0 % 30678 8.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1273 0 % 886 30.4 %
Single Thread Score 1074.6 22.8 % 1392 0 %
Encrypting Data 2901.1 MB/s 0 % 2022.6 MB/s 30.3 %
Compressing Data 42.4 MB/s 0 % 27.7 MB/s 34.7 %
String objects sorting 5734 thousand/s 0 % 3825.6 thousand/s 33.3 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 18 % 10.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9327.8 millions/s 0 % 5962.1 millions/s 36.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5441.5 millions/s 0 % 3517.4 millions/s 35.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9300, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9300 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.5 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 87.2 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 109.0 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 136.3 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %

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 Q9300 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.8 FPS 104.7 FPS
High settings 175.6 FPS 167.5 FPS
Medium settings 219.6 FPS 209.3 FPS
Low settings 274.5 FPS 261.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.7 %
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