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General information Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q3 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Lynnfield Kentsfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 9.5 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 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
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 37275 0 % 32899 11.7 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1931 0 % 1171 39.4 %
Single Thread Score 1323.4 0 % 949.1 28.3 %
Encrypting Data 4416.6 MB/s 0 % 2690.9 MB/s 39.1 %
Compressing Data 62.9 MB/s 0 % 39 MB/s 37.9 %
String objects sorting 8915.2 thousand/s 0 % 5323 thousand/s 40.3 %
Prime numbers generation 21 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 53 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16165.3 millions/s 0 % 7885 millions/s 51.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6811 millions/s 0 % 3968.7 millions/s 41.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-860, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.4 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 104.7 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 130.8 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 163.5 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.8 %

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 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 186.0 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 232.5 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 290.7 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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