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General information A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9450
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM1 LGA775
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Llano Yorkfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 10 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 95 W 5 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 1 MB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 34928 0 % 34483 1.3 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 1488 0 % 1414 5 %
Single Thread Score 1216.7 0 % 1139.7 6.3 %
Encrypting Data 3371.3 MB/s 0 % 3199.7 MB/s 5.1 %
Compressing Data 50.3 MB/s 0 % 44.5 MB/s 11.6 %
String objects sorting 6358.6 thousand/s 0 % 5941 thousand/s 6.6 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 43.8 % 17.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6952.7 millions/s 31.7 % 10181.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5315 millions/s 6.4 % 5680.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-3870K, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.4 FPS 57.2 FPS
High settings 93.5 FPS 91.5 FPS
Medium settings 116.9 FPS 114.4 FPS
Low settings 146.1 FPS 142.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

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 A8-3870K Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 111.3 FPS
High settings 179.3 FPS 178.1 FPS
Medium settings 224.2 FPS 222.7 FPS
Low settings 280.2 FPS 278.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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