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General information Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme X6800
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Extreme
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Conroe
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 27.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 0 % 75 W 14.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme X6800
Overall Score 47787 0 % 28455 40.5 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 10 % 76.2 %
Benchmark Score 5215 0 % 656 87.4 %
Single Thread Score 2476.3 0 % 1093.2 55.9 %
Encrypting Data 2248.5 MB/s 0 % 1508.9 MB/s 32.9 %
Compressing Data 118.3 MB/s 0 % 21 MB/s 82.3 %
String objects sorting 16634.2 thousand/s 0 % 2926.3 thousand/s 82.4 %
Prime numbers generation 33.8 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 79.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29178.8 millions/s 0 % 4336 millions/s 85.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14655.3 millions/s 0 % 2184 millions/s 85.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core2 Extreme X6800.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 39.8 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 63.6 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 79.6 FPS
Low settings 241.5 FPS 99.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.8 %

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 i7-4790K Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.6 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 215.4 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 269.3 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 336.6 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.4 %
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