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General information Core i7-5820K Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2009
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 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-5820K Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 50223 0 % 34009 32.3 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 13 % 69.8 %
Benchmark Score 6362 0 % 1338 79 %
Single Thread Score 1984 0 % 1134.7 42.8 %
Encrypting Data 2743.1 MB/s 10.8 % 3076 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 144.8 MB/s 0 % 45.4 MB/s 68.6 %
String objects sorting 20535.6 thousand/s 0 % 6053 thousand/s 70.5 %
Prime numbers generation 45.6 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 84.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 35527.5 millions/s 0 % 9883.3 millions/s 72.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 17816.3 millions/s 0 % 5650.5 millions/s 68.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-5820K, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-5820K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.9 FPS 55.8 FPS
High settings 166.2 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 207.7 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 259.6 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.3 %

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 i7-5820K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 222.5 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 278.1 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 347.6 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.5 %
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