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General information Core i7-975 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q2 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Bloomfield Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
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 i7-975 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 38754 0 % 30055 22.4 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 2256 0 % 816 63.8 %
Single Thread Score 1490.5 0 % 1327.6 10.9 %
Encrypting Data 5151 MB/s 0 % 1855.7 MB/s 64 %
Compressing Data 74.7 MB/s 0 % 26.1 MB/s 65 %
String objects sorting 10396.3 thousand/s 0 % 3650.4 thousand/s 64.9 %
Prime numbers generation 25.7 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 61.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18754.1 millions/s 0 % 5392.8 millions/s 71.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7938.1 millions/s 0 % 3294.4 millions/s 58.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-975, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-975 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.8 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 111.7 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 139.6 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 174.5 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.9 %

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 i7-975 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 103.5 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 258.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.9 %
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