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General information Core i7-990X Phenom II X4 820
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme AMD Phenom II X4
Core Family Name Gulftown Deneb
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
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 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
4 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Phenom II X4 820
Overall Score 46297 0 % 34078 26.4 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 15 % 34.8 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 1349 70.6 %
Single Thread Score 1563.2 0 % 1129.1 27.8 %
Encrypting Data 2658 MB/s 13.9 % 3088.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 120.5 MB/s 0 % 45.8 MB/s 62 %
String objects sorting 16101.8 thousand/s 0 % 5905.2 thousand/s 63.3 %
Prime numbers generation 32.7 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 66.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29532.6 millions/s 0 % 6423.6 millions/s 78.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12417.2 millions/s 0 % 4614.8 millions/s 62.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Phenom II X4 820.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Phenom II X4 820
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 56.0 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 111.9 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 139.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.3 %

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 Phenom II X4 820
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.1 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 211.4 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 264.2 FPS 221.2 FPS
Low settings 330.2 FPS 276.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %
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