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General information Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q3 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3 PLGA775
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Deneb Conroe
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 38.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 36076 0 % 26476 26.6 %
Future Proof 14 % 0 % 10 % 28.6 %
Benchmark Score 1694 0 % 491 71 %
Single Thread Score 1352.5 0 % 784.2 42 %
Encrypting Data 3883.5 MB/s 0 % 1116.4 MB/s 71.3 %
Compressing Data 56.9 MB/s 0 % 16.1 MB/s 71.8 %
String objects sorting 7339.8 thousand/s 0 % 2234.7 thousand/s 69.6 %
Prime numbers generation 15 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 66.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7914.2 millions/s 0 % 2967 millions/s 62.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5764 millions/s 0 % 1633.8 millions/s 71.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 965, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.9 FPS 35.6 FPS
High settings 99.0 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 123.8 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 154.7 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.5 %

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 Phenom II X4 965 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 182.7 FPS 155.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 285.4 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.8 %
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