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General information Core2 Quad Q8200 Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Clarkdale
Clock 2.3 GHz 25.8 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q8200 Core i3-540
Overall Score 32739 0 % 31563 3.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1149 0 % 992 13.7 %
Single Thread Score 1004 20.5 % 1262.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2649.7 MB/s 0 % 2263.9 MB/s 14.6 %
Compressing Data 38.6 MB/s 0 % 32.8 MB/s 15 %
String objects sorting 5412.3 thousand/s 0 % 4553.3 thousand/s 15.9 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 30.4 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8311.6 millions/s 0 % 8062.9 millions/s 3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4939.9 millions/s 0 % 3493 millions/s 29.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q8200, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q8200 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.0 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 83.2 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 104.0 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 130.0 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %

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 Q8200 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.3 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 173.2 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 216.6 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 270.7 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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