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General information Core2 Quad Q9400 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 2.7 GHz 12.9 % 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 Q9400 Core i3-2100
Overall Score 34193 0 % 33058 3.3 %
Future Proof 10 % 56.5 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1367 0 % 1194 12.7 %
Single Thread Score 1143.8 18.7 % 1406.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 3092.9 MB/s 0 % 2707.7 MB/s 12.5 %
Compressing Data 45.2 MB/s 0 % 38.1 MB/s 15.8 %
String objects sorting 6190 thousand/s 0 % 5831.4 thousand/s 5.8 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 24.5 % 12 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10102.2 millions/s 0 % 8846.6 millions/s 12.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5636.5 millions/s 0 % 3388.8 millions/s 39.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9400, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 56.3 FPS 53.0 FPS
High settings 90.1 FPS 84.8 FPS
Medium settings 112.6 FPS 105.9 FPS
Low settings 140.8 FPS 132.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.9 %

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 Core2 Quad Q9400 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.8 FPS 108.8 FPS
High settings 177.2 FPS 174.0 FPS
Medium settings 221.5 FPS 217.5 FPS
Low settings 276.9 FPS 271.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.8 %
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