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General information Core i7-990X Core i5-2300
Launched Q1 2011 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 16.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core i5-2300
Overall Score 46297 0 % 38561 16.7 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 2211 51.9 %
Single Thread Score 1563.2 0 % 1438.2 8 %
Encrypting Data 2658 MB/s 47 % 5013.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 120.5 MB/s 0 % 55.1 MB/s 54.3 %
String objects sorting 16101.8 thousand/s 0 % 7683.3 thousand/s 52.3 %
Prime numbers generation 32.7 millions/s 0 % 21.9 millions/s 33.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29532.6 millions/s 0 % 12176.4 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12417.2 millions/s 0 % 6361.2 millions/s 48.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core i5-2300.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 69.3 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 110.8 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 138.6 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 173.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.9 %

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 i7-990X Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.1 FPS 118.5 FPS
High settings 211.4 FPS 189.6 FPS
Medium settings 264.2 FPS 237.0 FPS
Low settings 330.2 FPS 296.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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