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General information Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Kentsfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 29.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 9.5 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 43113 0 % 32899 23.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 3455 0 % 1171 66.1 %
Single Thread Score 1726.1 0 % 947.2 45.1 %
Encrypting Data 1596.8 MB/s 40.5 % 2683.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.6 MB/s 0 % 39.1 MB/s 55.9 %
String objects sorting 13132.7 thousand/s 0 % 5243.7 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 58.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20932.4 millions/s 0 % 7814.5 millions/s 62.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7819.9 millions/s 0 % 3952.9 millions/s 49.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.7 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 132.4 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 165.4 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 206.8 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.5 %

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 Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 202.5 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 253.1 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 316.4 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.2 %
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