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General information Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q2 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Clarkdale Kentsfield
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 33.3 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 30.5 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 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 Yes No
Performance Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 36069 0 % 32899 8.8 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1693 0 % 1171 30.8 %
Single Thread Score 1583.2 0 % 949.1 40 %
Encrypting Data 3883.9 MB/s 0 % 2690.9 MB/s 30.7 %
Compressing Data 43 MB/s 0 % 39 MB/s 9.3 %
String objects sorting 5722.8 thousand/s 0 % 5323 thousand/s 7 %
Prime numbers generation 10.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 9.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10305 millions/s 0 % 7885 millions/s 23.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4401.3 millions/s 0 % 3968.7 millions/s 9.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-680, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i5-680 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 61.9 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 99.0 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 123.7 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 154.7 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.2 %

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 i5-680 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 114.2 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 182.7 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 228.3 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 285.4 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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