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General information Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9550
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 Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 17.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 43113 0 % 35071 18.7 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 3455 0 % 1513 56.2 %
Single Thread Score 1747 0 % 1218.6 30.2 %
Encrypting Data 1608.6 MB/s 53.9 % 3489.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.2 MB/s 0 % 48.4 MB/s 45.1 %
String objects sorting 13027.4 thousand/s 0 % 6589.8 thousand/s 49.4 %
Prime numbers generation 24 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 21.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20704 millions/s 0 % 10594 millions/s 48.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7757.7 millions/s 0 % 6033.8 millions/s 22.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 82.8 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 132.5 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 165.6 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 207.0 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %

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 Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 126.6 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 202.5 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 253.1 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 316.4 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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