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General information Core i7-965 Core i5-661
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Bloomfield Clarkdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.5 GHz 2.8 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 87 W 33.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-965 Core i5-661
Overall Score 38574 0 % 35510 7.9 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2214 0 % 1590 28.2 %
Single Thread Score 1475 0 % 1449.6 1.7 %
Encrypting Data 5075.3 MB/s 0 % 3608.6 MB/s 28.9 %
Compressing Data 73.9 MB/s 0 % 37.7 MB/s 49 %
String objects sorting 10110.6 thousand/s 0 % 5375.4 thousand/s 46.8 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 56.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18287.3 millions/s 0 % 9661.2 millions/s 47.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7850.3 millions/s 0 % 4045.9 millions/s 48.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-965, Core i5-661.

Average frames per second Core i7-965 Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 60.2 FPS
High settings 110.9 FPS 96.3 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 120.4 FPS
Low settings 173.3 FPS 150.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %

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 i7-965 Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 181.1 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 226.4 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 283.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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