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General information Core i5-680 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q2 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Conroe
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 41.7 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-680 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 36069 0 % 26476 26.6 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1693 0 % 491 71 %
Single Thread Score 1583.2 0 % 783.4 50.5 %
Encrypting Data 3883.9 MB/s 0 % 1132 MB/s 70.9 %
Compressing Data 43 MB/s 0 % 16.2 MB/s 62.4 %
String objects sorting 5722.8 thousand/s 0 % 2248.1 thousand/s 60.7 %
Prime numbers generation 10.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 53.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10305 millions/s 0 % 2967 millions/s 71.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4401.3 millions/s 0 % 1633.8 millions/s 62.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-680, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i5-680 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.9 FPS 35.6 FPS
High settings 99.0 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 123.7 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 154.7 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.5 %

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 i5-680 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 182.7 FPS 155.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 285.4 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.8 %
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