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General information Core i5-655K Core2 Duo E8600
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 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
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 E8600
Overall Score 33793 0 % 30678 9.2 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1304 0 % 886 32.1 %
Single Thread Score 1454.7 0 % 1408.8 3.2 %
Encrypting Data 2977.3 MB/s 0 % 2016.2 MB/s 32.3 %
Compressing Data 44.8 MB/s 0 % 27.9 MB/s 37.8 %
String objects sorting 5266.9 thousand/s 0 % 3818 thousand/s 27.5 %
Prime numbers generation 20.2 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 46.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13492.5 millions/s 0 % 6015.9 millions/s 55.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7497.6 millions/s 0 % 3513.9 millions/s 53.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-655K, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i5-655K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 55.1 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 88.2 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 110.2 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 137.8 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.7 %

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 E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 110.0 FPS 104.6 FPS
High settings 176.0 FPS 167.3 FPS
Medium settings 220.0 FPS 209.1 FPS
Low settings 275.0 FPS 261.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 5 %
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