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General information Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q8300
Launched Q4 2010 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 26.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q8300
Overall Score 43391 0 % 33230 23.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 11 % 47.6 %
Benchmark Score 3545 0 % 1219 65.6 %
Single Thread Score 1744.7 0 % 1055.8 39.5 %
Encrypting Data 1640.8 MB/s 41.4 % 2801.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.8 MB/s 0 % 40.7 MB/s 54.2 %
String objects sorting 13491.5 thousand/s 0 % 5615.1 thousand/s 58.4 %
Prime numbers generation 26 millions/s 0 % 6.9 millions/s 73.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21153.8 millions/s 0 % 9054.8 millions/s 57.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7947.2 millions/s 0 % 5214.4 millions/s 34.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600K, Core2 Quad Q8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.6 FPS 53.5 FPS
High settings 133.7 FPS 85.6 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 107.0 FPS
Low settings 208.9 FPS 133.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 36 %

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 i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.1 FPS 109.2 FPS
High settings 203.3 FPS 174.7 FPS
Medium settings 254.1 FPS 218.3 FPS
Low settings 317.6 FPS 272.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.1 %
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