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General information A8-3870K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM1 PGA478
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 45 W 55 %
Performance A8-3870K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Overall Score 35009 0 % 33452 4.4 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 1502 0 % 1252 16.6 %
Single Thread Score 1197.6 0 % 1061.8 11.3 %
Encrypting Data 3240.7 MB/s 0 % 2690.6 MB/s 17 %
Compressing Data 50.5 MB/s 0 % 40.1 MB/s 20.6 %
String objects sorting 6346.3 thousand/s 0 % 5547 thousand/s 12.6 %
Prime numbers generation 9.9 millions/s 37.9 % 16 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 6950.6 millions/s 22.8 % 9006.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5329 millions/s 0 % 4452.3 millions/s 16.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-3870K, Core2 Extreme Q9300.

Average frames per second A8-3870K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.5 FPS 53.9 FPS
High settings 93.5 FPS 86.2 FPS
Medium settings 116.9 FPS 107.7 FPS
Low settings 146.1 FPS 134.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %

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 A8-3870K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.9 FPS 109.2 FPS
High settings 179.1 FPS 174.7 FPS
Medium settings 223.8 FPS 218.4 FPS
Low settings 279.8 FPS 273.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %
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