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General information Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q3 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 3.4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
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 965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 36157 0 % 35632 1.5 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1709 0 % 1612 5.7 %
Single Thread Score 1362 0 % 1274 6.5 %
Encrypting Data 3679.9 MB/s 0 % 3453.2 MB/s 6.2 %
Compressing Data 56 MB/s 0 % 50.5 MB/s 9.8 %
String objects sorting 7353.4 thousand/s 0 % 6797.2 thousand/s 7.6 %
Prime numbers generation 15 millions/s 20.9 % 19 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7951.9 millions/s 29.1 % 11216.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5749.6 millions/s 9.9 % 6379.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 965, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.8 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 98.9 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 123.7 FPS 120.5 FPS
Low settings 154.6 FPS 150.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %

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 965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.0 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 182.4 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 228.0 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 285.0 FPS 282.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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