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General information Core i3-3220 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q3 2012 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 42.1 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3220 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 34771 0 % 34008 2.2 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 13 % 58.1 %
Benchmark Score 1462 0 % 1338 8.5 %
Single Thread Score 1716.6 0 % 1154.2 32.8 %
Encrypting Data 3351.4 MB/s 0 % 3045.4 MB/s 9.1 %
Compressing Data 44.4 MB/s 2.6 % 45.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6261 thousand/s 0 % 6138.5 thousand/s 2 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 45.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10059.8 millions/s 0 % 9913.2 millions/s 1.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5152.7 millions/s 9.2 % 5673 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3220, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i3-3220 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.0 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 92.8 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 116.0 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 145.0 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %

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 i3-3220 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.8 FPS 110.5 FPS
High settings 178.9 FPS 176.8 FPS
Medium settings 223.7 FPS 221.0 FPS
Low settings 279.6 FPS 276.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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