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General information Core i7-990X Core i5-661
Launched Q1 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Gulftown Clarkdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 2.7 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 87 W 33.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 12 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-990X Core i5-661
Overall Score 46196 0 % 35457 23.2 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 17 % 26.1 %
Benchmark Score 4554 0 % 1581 65.3 %
Single Thread Score 1586.9 0 % 1447.3 8.8 %
Encrypting Data 2682 MB/s 25.7 % 3610.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.8 MB/s 0 % 37.9 MB/s 68.4 %
String objects sorting 16296.2 thousand/s 0 % 5295.1 thousand/s 67.5 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 66.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29918.4 millions/s 0 % 9529.4 millions/s 68.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12442.3 millions/s 0 % 3980 millions/s 68 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core i5-661.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.1 FPS 60.2 FPS
High settings 147.3 FPS 96.3 FPS
Medium settings 184.1 FPS 120.4 FPS
Low settings 230.2 FPS 150.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.6 %

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 i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.5 FPS 113.3 FPS
High settings 211.9 FPS 181.3 FPS
Medium settings 264.9 FPS 226.6 FPS
Low settings 331.2 FPS 283.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.5 %
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