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General information Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ PGA478
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 21.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 45 W 52.6 %
Performance Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Overall Score 35373 0 % 33452 5.4 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1566 0 % 1252 20.1 %
Single Thread Score 1309.4 0 % 1061.8 18.9 %
Encrypting Data 3340.4 MB/s 0 % 2690.6 MB/s 19.5 %
Compressing Data 55 MB/s 0 % 40.1 MB/s 27.1 %
String objects sorting 7020 thousand/s 0 % 5547 thousand/s 21 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 43.3 % 16 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7558.6 millions/s 16.1 % 9006.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5609.8 millions/s 0 % 4452.3 millions/s 20.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 840, Core2 Extreme Q9300.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.5 FPS 53.9 FPS
High settings 95.2 FPS 86.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.9 FPS 107.7 FPS
Low settings 148.7 FPS 134.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %

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 Phenom II X4 840 Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.6 FPS 109.2 FPS
High settings 180.2 FPS 174.7 FPS
Medium settings 225.2 FPS 218.4 FPS
Low settings 281.5 FPS 273.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 3 %
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