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General information Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q2 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3 LGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Deneb Yorkfield
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 95 W 24 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 35299 0 % 35153 0.4 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 1552 0 % 1527 1.6 %
Single Thread Score 1221.9 0.4 % 1227.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3349.2 MB/s 0 % 3255 MB/s 2.8 %
Compressing Data 51.8 MB/s 0 % 48.6 MB/s 6.2 %
String objects sorting 6618.5 thousand/s 0 % 6473.2 thousand/s 2.2 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 26.4 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7131.2 millions/s 32.7 % 10592 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5270.5 millions/s 13.6 % 6101.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 945, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 58.8 FPS
High settings 94.8 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.5 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 148.1 FPS 147.1 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 Phenom II X4 945 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.5 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 180.0 FPS 179.5 FPS
Medium settings 225.0 FPS 224.4 FPS
Low settings 281.2 FPS 280.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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