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General information Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i3-3210
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA775 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core 2 Quad Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Yorkfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 3 GHz 6.3 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
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 Q9650 Core i3-3210
Overall Score 35632 0 % 34701 2.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 70.6 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1612 0 % 1450 10 %
Single Thread Score 1274 25.8 % 1716.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3453.2 MB/s 0 % 3090.8 MB/s 10.5 %
Compressing Data 50.5 MB/s 0 % 43.8 MB/s 13.2 %
String objects sorting 6797.2 thousand/s 0 % 6097.8 thousand/s 10.3 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 31.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11216.3 millions/s 0 % 9642 millions/s 14 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6379.3 millions/s 0 % 5071.3 millions/s 20.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9650, Core i3-3210.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9650 Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 57.5 FPS
High settings 96.4 FPS 92.0 FPS
Medium settings 120.5 FPS 115.1 FPS
Low settings 150.6 FPS 143.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %

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 Q9650 Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.1 FPS 111.4 FPS
High settings 180.9 FPS 178.2 FPS
Medium settings 226.1 FPS 222.8 FPS
Low settings 282.7 FPS 278.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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