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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-2130
Launched Q4 2008 Q3 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 2.8 GHz 17.6 % 3.4 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 × 6 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-2130
Overall Score 35153 0 % 33950 3.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1527 0 % 1329 13 %
Single Thread Score 1227.1 21.6 % 1566.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3255 MB/s 0 % 2834.8 MB/s 12.9 %
Compressing Data 48.6 MB/s 0 % 42.6 MB/s 12.5 %
String objects sorting 6473.2 thousand/s 0 % 6376.5 thousand/s 1.5 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 36.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10592 millions/s 0 % 9800.6 millions/s 7.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6101.4 millions/s 0 % 3800.4 millions/s 37.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, Core i3-2130.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.8 FPS 55.3 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 88.6 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 110.7 FPS
Low settings 147.1 FPS 138.4 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 Q9550 Core i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 110.1 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 176.2 FPS
Medium settings 224.4 FPS 220.2 FPS
Low settings 280.5 FPS 275.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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