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General information Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 21.9 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 55150 0 % 33184 39.8 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 11 % 79.2 %
Benchmark Score 9251 0 % 1213 86.9 %
Single Thread Score 2340 0 % 1049.4 55.2 %
Encrypting Data 4036.8 MB/s 0 % 2820.1 MB/s 30.1 %
Compressing Data 215.7 MB/s 0 % 40.6 MB/s 81.2 %
String objects sorting 28497.8 thousand/s 0 % 5600.9 thousand/s 80.3 %
Prime numbers generation 63.5 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 89 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51468.9 millions/s 0 % 9089.8 millions/s 82.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33393.6 millions/s 0 % 5255.9 millions/s 84.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.7 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 189.9 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 237.3 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 296.6 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 54.9 %

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 i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.4 FPS 109.2 FPS
High settings 237.5 FPS 174.8 FPS
Medium settings 296.9 FPS 218.5 FPS
Low settings 371.1 FPS 273.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.4 %
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