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General information Core i7-5930K Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q3 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Haswell-E Yorkfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5930K Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 50830 0 % 35548 30.1 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 10 % 76.7 %
Benchmark Score 6675 0 % 1597 76.1 %
Single Thread Score 2053.1 0 % 1285.6 37.4 %
Encrypting Data 2942.5 MB/s 19.5 % 3653.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 150.6 MB/s 0 % 50.8 MB/s 66.3 %
String objects sorting 21712.9 thousand/s 0 % 6836.3 thousand/s 68.5 %
Prime numbers generation 47.8 millions/s 0 % 20.1 millions/s 57.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37729.3 millions/s 0 % 11265.4 millions/s 70.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18973.2 millions/s 0 % 6381.9 millions/s 66.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5930K, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Core i7-5930K Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.7 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 169.1 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 211.4 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 264.2 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.9 %

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 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 140.0 FPS 113.1 FPS
High settings 224.1 FPS 181.0 FPS
Medium settings 280.1 FPS 226.3 FPS
Low settings 350.1 FPS 282.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.2 %
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