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General information Core i5-655K Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q2 2010 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 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
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 i5-655K Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 33793 0 % 29685 12.2 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1304 0 % 776 40.5 %
Single Thread Score 1454.7 0 % 1248.1 14.2 %
Encrypting Data 2977.3 MB/s 0 % 1758.6 MB/s 40.9 %
Compressing Data 44.8 MB/s 0 % 24.6 MB/s 45 %
String objects sorting 5266.9 thousand/s 0 % 3373.2 thousand/s 36 %
Prime numbers generation 20.2 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 55.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13492.5 millions/s 0 % 5134.1 millions/s 61.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7497.6 millions/s 0 % 3052.9 millions/s 59.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-655K, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-655K Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 55.1 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 88.2 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 110.2 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 137.8 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22 %

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 i5-655K Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.0 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 176.0 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 220.0 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 275.0 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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