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General information Core i7-990X A8-5500
Launched Q1 2011 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD A8
Core Family Name Gulftown Trinity
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X A8-5500
Overall Score 46196 0 % 35939 22.2 %
Future Proof 23 % 23.3 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4554 0 % 1668 63.4 %
Single Thread Score 1579 0 % 1338 15.3 %
Encrypting Data 2687.3 MB/s 29.9 % 3833.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.8 MB/s 0 % 42.9 MB/s 64.2 %
String objects sorting 16101.8 thousand/s 0 % 5474.2 thousand/s 66 %
Prime numbers generation 32.9 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 66.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29473.2 millions/s 0 % 17525.5 millions/s 40.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12479.9 millions/s 0 % 4698.1 millions/s 62.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, A8-5500.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.1 FPS 61.6 FPS
High settings 147.3 FPS 98.6 FPS
Medium settings 184.1 FPS 123.2 FPS
Low settings 230.2 FPS 154.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.1 %

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 i7-990X A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 114.2 FPS
High settings 211.9 FPS 182.7 FPS
Medium settings 264.9 FPS 228.3 FPS
Low settings 331.2 FPS 285.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.8 %
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