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General information Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q9650
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 Yorkfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 6.7 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
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
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 37287 0 % 35548 4.7 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1933 0 % 1597 17.4 %
Single Thread Score 1335.3 0 % 1292 3.2 %
Encrypting Data 4383 MB/s 0 % 3664.5 MB/s 16.4 %
Compressing Data 63.9 MB/s 0 % 50.8 MB/s 20.6 %
String objects sorting 8863 thousand/s 0 % 6891.1 thousand/s 22.2 %
Prime numbers generation 22.1 millions/s 0 % 20.1 millions/s 9.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16045 millions/s 0 % 11378.3 millions/s 29.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6802.2 millions/s 0 % 6325 millions/s 7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-860, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Core i7-860 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.4 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 104.7 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 130.9 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 163.6 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %

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 i7-860 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.1 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 180.8 FPS
Medium settings 232.2 FPS 226.0 FPS
Low settings 290.2 FPS 282.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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