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General information Core i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 52183 0 % 30055 42.4 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 10 % 81.1 %
Benchmark Score 7415 0 % 816 89 %
Single Thread Score 2394.4 0 % 1313.1 45.2 %
Encrypting Data 3131.1 MB/s 0 % 1848 MB/s 41 %
Compressing Data 168.7 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 84.6 %
String objects sorting 22447.4 thousand/s 0 % 3646.8 thousand/s 83.8 %
Prime numbers generation 50.4 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 80.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39754.7 millions/s 0 % 5403.6 millions/s 86.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26190.6 millions/s 0 % 3261.6 millions/s 87.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 44.0 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 70.4 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 88.0 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.9 %

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 i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 103.3 FPS
High settings 227.8 FPS 165.3 FPS
Medium settings 284.7 FPS 206.6 FPS
Low settings 355.9 FPS 258.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.4 %
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