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General information Core i7-6850K 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 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 30.6 %
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 i7-6850K Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 52183 0 % 33257 36.3 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 11 % 79.2 %
Benchmark Score 7415 0 % 1223 83.5 %
Single Thread Score 2380 0 % 1054.7 55.7 %
Encrypting Data 3168.9 MB/s 0 % 2753.9 MB/s 13.1 %
Compressing Data 168.9 MB/s 0 % 41 MB/s 75.7 %
String objects sorting 22179.1 thousand/s 0 % 5550.7 thousand/s 75 %
Prime numbers generation 50 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 85.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39993 millions/s 0 % 9016.9 millions/s 77.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 26138.7 millions/s 0 % 5203.8 millions/s 80.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 51.2 %

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 i7-6850K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 108.9 FPS
High settings 227.8 FPS 174.2 FPS
Medium settings 284.7 FPS 217.8 FPS
Low settings 355.9 FPS 272.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.5 %
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