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General information Core i3-3250 Core2 Extreme X9650
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 57.7 % 130 W 0 %
Performance Core i3-3250 Core2 Extreme X9650
Overall Score 35508 0 % 35417 0.3 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 1590 0 % 1573 1.1 %
Single Thread Score 1852.5 0 % 1249.4 32.6 %
Encrypting Data 3388.6 MB/s 0 % 3357.2 MB/s 0.9 %
Compressing Data 47.8 MB/s 4.7 % 50.1 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6757.5 thousand/s 0.2 % 6771 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 30 % 20 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10851.4 millions/s 1.4 % 11000.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5481.1 millions/s 14.6 % 6415.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3250, Core2 Extreme X9650.

Average frames per second Core i3-3250 Core2 Extreme X9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.9 FPS 59.6 FPS
High settings 95.8 FPS 95.4 FPS
Medium settings 119.8 FPS 119.2 FPS
Low settings 149.7 FPS 149.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 i3-3250 Core2 Extreme X9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.8 FPS 112.7 FPS
High settings 180.5 FPS 180.3 FPS
Medium settings 225.6 FPS 225.4 FPS
Low settings 282.0 FPS 281.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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