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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Gulftown Yorkfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 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 i7-980 Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 46001 0 % 33230 27.8 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 11 % 57.7 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 1219 72.8 %
Single Thread Score 1534.4 0 % 1067.4 30.4 %
Encrypting Data 2682.6 MB/s 4.4 % 2806.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 116.8 MB/s 0 % 41.1 MB/s 64.8 %
String objects sorting 15957.3 thousand/s 0 % 5570.6 thousand/s 65.1 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 77.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29265 millions/s 0 % 9072.9 millions/s 69 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12257.4 millions/s 0 % 5198.8 millions/s 57.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.4 %

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 i7-980 Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.7 FPS 109.2 FPS
High settings 210.6 FPS 174.7 FPS
Medium settings 263.3 FPS 218.3 FPS
Low settings 329.1 FPS 272.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %
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