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General information Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Launched Q2 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 PGA478
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 37.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 88 W 0 % 45 W 48.9 %
Performance Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Overall Score 47790 0 % 33370 30.2 %
Future Proof 42 % 0 % 10 % 76.2 %
Benchmark Score 5216 0 % 1240 76.2 %
Single Thread Score 2483.7 0 % 1062.9 57.2 %
Encrypting Data 2255.3 MB/s 20.8 % 2845.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.6 MB/s 0 % 40.5 MB/s 66.1 %
String objects sorting 16591.4 thousand/s 0 % 5552.5 thousand/s 66.5 %
Prime numbers generation 33.7 millions/s 0 % 15.9 millions/s 52.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29099.1 millions/s 0 % 8854.6 millions/s 69.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14628 millions/s 0 % 4381.7 millions/s 70 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4790K, Core2 Extreme Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i7-4790K Core2 Extreme Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 96.6 FPS 53.9 FPS
High settings 154.6 FPS 86.3 FPS
Medium settings 193.2 FPS 107.8 FPS
Low settings 241.6 FPS 134.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.2 %

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 Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 134.7 FPS 109.4 FPS
High settings 215.5 FPS 175.0 FPS
Medium settings 269.4 FPS 218.8 FPS
Low settings 336.8 FPS 273.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %
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