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General information Core i3-12100 Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Alder Lake Yorkfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 W 36.8 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 77.8 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 1.25 MB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-12100 Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 54403 0 % 34208 37.1 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 10 % 88.4 %
Benchmark Score 8760 0 % 1369 84.4 %
Single Thread Score 3424.1 0 % 1126.6 67.1 %
Encrypting Data 7961.5 MB/s 0 % 3132.7 MB/s 60.7 %
Compressing Data 153.8 MB/s 0 % 44.7 MB/s 70.9 %
String objects sorting 15511.8 thousand/s 0 % 6094.7 thousand/s 60.7 %
Prime numbers generation 56.2 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 83.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39834.2 millions/s 0 % 10130.4 millions/s 74.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 31397.4 millions/s 0 % 5635.5 millions/s 82.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-12100, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i3-12100 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 186.0 FPS 90.2 FPS
Medium settings 232.5 FPS 112.7 FPS
Low settings 290.7 FPS 140.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.5 %

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 i3-12100 Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.4 FPS 110.7 FPS
High settings 234.2 FPS 177.1 FPS
Medium settings 292.7 FPS 221.4 FPS
Low settings 365.9 FPS 276.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.4 %
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