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General information Core i7-6800K Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 26.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 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
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6800K Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 51362 0 % 33257 35.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 11 % 79.2 %
Benchmark Score 6959 0 % 1223 82.4 %
Single Thread Score 2282.4 0 % 1054.7 53.8 %
Encrypting Data 2894.6 MB/s 0 % 2753.9 MB/s 4.9 %
Compressing Data 159 MB/s 0 % 41 MB/s 74.2 %
String objects sorting 20858.2 thousand/s 0 % 5550.7 thousand/s 73.4 %
Prime numbers generation 47.8 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 85.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37606.8 millions/s 0 % 9016.9 millions/s 76 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24320.8 millions/s 0 % 5203.8 millions/s 78.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6800K, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-6800K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.2 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 171.6 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 214.5 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 268.1 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.1 %

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 i7-6800K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.9 FPS 108.9 FPS
High settings 225.4 FPS 174.2 FPS
Medium settings 281.8 FPS 217.8 FPS
Low settings 352.3 FPS 272.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.7 %
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