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General information Core i7-920 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Bloomfield Wolfdale
Clock 2.7 GHz 15.6 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
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 i7-920 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 36791 0 % 30055 18.3 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1832 0 % 816 55.5 %
Single Thread Score 1211.1 7.6 % 1310.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 4170.9 MB/s 0 % 1868.5 MB/s 55.2 %
Compressing Data 61 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 57.5 %
String objects sorting 8389 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 56.6 %
Prime numbers generation 21.9 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 54.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14944 millions/s 0 % 5354.9 millions/s 64.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6366.7 millions/s 0 % 3287.8 millions/s 48.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-920, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-920 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.0 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 102.5 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 128.1 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 160.1 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.1 %

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 i7-920 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.4 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 184.7 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 230.8 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 288.5 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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