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General information Core2 Quad Q9550 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 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 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 Q9550 Core i3-3210
Overall Score 35153 0 % 34701 1.3 %
Future Proof 10 % 70.6 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1527 0 % 1450 5 %
Single Thread Score 1227.1 28.5 % 1716.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 3255 MB/s 0 % 3090.8 MB/s 5 %
Compressing Data 48.6 MB/s 0 % 43.8 MB/s 9.9 %
String objects sorting 6473.2 thousand/s 0 % 6097.8 thousand/s 5.8 %
Prime numbers generation 19 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 31.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10592 millions/s 0 % 9642 millions/s 9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6101.4 millions/s 0 % 5071.3 millions/s 16.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core2 Quad Q9550, Core i3-3210.

Average frames per second Core2 Quad Q9550 Core i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.8 FPS 57.5 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 92.0 FPS
Medium settings 117.7 FPS 115.1 FPS
Low settings 147.1 FPS 143.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.2 %

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 i3-3210
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 111.4 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 178.2 FPS
Medium settings 224.4 FPS 222.8 FPS
Low settings 280.5 FPS 278.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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