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General information Core i5-660 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q4 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-660 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 35227 0 % 28335 19.6 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 1540 0 % 645 58.1 %
Single Thread Score 1410.9 0 % 1078.2 23.6 %
Encrypting Data 3516.2 MB/s 0 % 1486.5 MB/s 57.7 %
Compressing Data 37 MB/s 0 % 19.2 MB/s 48 %
String objects sorting 5206.7 thousand/s 0 % 2877.1 thousand/s 44.7 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 27.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9251.2 millions/s 0 % 4414.4 millions/s 52.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3939.2 millions/s 0 % 2432.4 millions/s 38.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-660, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i5-660 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.3 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 94.9 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 118.7 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 148.3 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.4 %

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 i5-660 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.7 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 180.3 FPS 160.9 FPS
Medium settings 225.4 FPS 201.1 FPS
Low settings 281.7 FPS 251.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.8 %
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