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General information Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q6700
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Kentsfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 3.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 9.5 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q6700
Overall Score 38561 0 % 34131 11.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2211 0 % 1357 38.6 %
Single Thread Score 1431 0 % 1087.7 24 %
Encrypting Data 5033.9 MB/s 0 % 3101.9 MB/s 38.4 %
Compressing Data 55.8 MB/s 0 % 45.2 MB/s 19 %
String objects sorting 7752.5 thousand/s 0 % 6036 thousand/s 22.1 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 49.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12261.9 millions/s 0 % 9248.5 millions/s 24.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6367.5 millions/s 0 % 4444.6 millions/s 30.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2300, Core2 Quad Q6700.

Average frames per second Core i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 110.8 FPS 89.8 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 112.2 FPS
Low settings 173.2 FPS 140.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 19 %

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 i5-2300 Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 110.7 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 177.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 221.5 FPS
Low settings 296.3 FPS 276.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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