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General information Core i3-3210 Core2 Quad Q9450
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
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 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3210 Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 34701 0 % 34567 0.4 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 1450 0 % 1428 1.5 %
Single Thread Score 1716.2 0 % 1144.2 33.3 %
Encrypting Data 3090.8 MB/s 0 % 3034.3 MB/s 1.8 %
Compressing Data 43.8 MB/s 1.8 % 44.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6097.8 thousand/s 0 % 6031 thousand/s 1.1 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 28.3 % 18 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9642 millions/s 3.7 % 10009.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5071.3 millions/s 11.1 % 5703.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3210, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second Core i3-3210 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 57.1 FPS
High settings 92.0 FPS 91.4 FPS
Medium settings 115.1 FPS 114.3 FPS
Low settings 143.8 FPS 142.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

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 i3-3210 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.4 FPS 111.2 FPS
High settings 178.2 FPS 177.9 FPS
Medium settings 222.8 FPS 222.3 FPS
Low settings 278.4 FPS 277.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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