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General information Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2100
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.5 GHz 19.4 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 × 3 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2100
Overall Score 33680 0 % 33138 1.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 56.5 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1287 0 % 1206 6.3 %
Single Thread Score 1070.3 24.5 % 1418 0 %
Encrypting Data 2731.8 MB/s 0 % 2575.5 MB/s 5.7 %
Compressing Data 42.6 MB/s 0 % 38.6 MB/s 9.3 %
String objects sorting 5778.5 thousand/s 1 % 5839.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 25.1 % 12 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9207.4 millions/s 0 % 8949.9 millions/s 2.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5353.9 millions/s 0 % 3384 millions/s 36.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9300, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9300 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.5 FPS 52.9 FPS
High settings 87.3 FPS 84.7 FPS
Medium settings 109.1 FPS 105.8 FPS
Low settings 136.3 FPS 132.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3 %

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 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 108.7 FPS
High settings 175.4 FPS 173.8 FPS
Medium settings 219.2 FPS 217.3 FPS
Low settings 274.0 FPS 271.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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