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General information Core i7-860 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q3 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Lynnfield Wolfdale
Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 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
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-860 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 37275 0 % 30055 19.4 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1931 0 % 816 57.7 %
Single Thread Score 1334 0 % 1319.7 1.1 %
Encrypting Data 4448.1 MB/s 0 % 1861.3 MB/s 58.2 %
Compressing Data 63.2 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 59.1 %
String objects sorting 8924 thousand/s 0 % 3621.4 thousand/s 59.4 %
Prime numbers generation 21.1 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 53 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15892.7 millions/s 0 % 5419.8 millions/s 65.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6804.1 millions/s 0 % 3297.7 millions/s 51.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-860, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-860 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.4 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 104.7 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 130.9 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 163.6 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.6 %

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 i7-860 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 186.1 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 232.6 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 290.7 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.9 %
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