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General information Core i7-5930K Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Haswell-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5930K Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 50723 0 % 30622 39.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 10 % 76.7 %
Benchmark Score 6619 0 % 879 86.7 %
Single Thread Score 2060.3 0 % 1411.2 31.5 %
Encrypting Data 2894.8 MB/s 0 % 2027.5 MB/s 30 %
Compressing Data 152.9 MB/s 0 % 27.7 MB/s 81.9 %
String objects sorting 21824 thousand/s 0 % 3806.6 thousand/s 82.6 %
Prime numbers generation 48.4 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 77.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37855.3 millions/s 0 % 6018.9 millions/s 84.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18812 millions/s 0 % 3505.4 millions/s 81.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.5 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 168.8 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 211.0 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 263.8 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.5 %

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 Core i7-5930K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.5 FPS 104.7 FPS
High settings 224.9 FPS 167.6 FPS
Medium settings 281.1 FPS 209.4 FPS
Low settings 351.4 FPS 261.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.5 %
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