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General information Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-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) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 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 i7-4960X Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 50541 0 % 30055 40.5 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 816 87.5 %
Single Thread Score 2100.7 0 % 1321 37.1 %
Encrypting Data 2965.1 MB/s 0 % 1875.9 MB/s 36.7 %
Compressing Data 165.4 MB/s 0 % 25.8 MB/s 84.4 %
String objects sorting 23152.1 thousand/s 0 % 3614.1 thousand/s 84.4 %
Prime numbers generation 47.6 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 79 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 36842.9 millions/s 0 % 5387.4 millions/s 85.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18458.6 millions/s 0 % 3268.2 millions/s 82.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 58 %

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 i7-4960X Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.5 FPS 103.3 FPS
High settings 223.2 FPS 165.2 FPS
Medium settings 279.0 FPS 206.5 FPS
Low settings 348.7 FPS 258.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 26 %
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