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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q3 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Gulftown Conroe
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 36.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 46001 0 % 26476 42.4 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 491 89 %
Single Thread Score 1552.9 0 % 788.9 49.2 %
Encrypting Data 2696.1 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 59 %
Compressing Data 114.6 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 85.8 %
String objects sorting 15878.3 thousand/s 0 % 2223.5 thousand/s 86 %
Prime numbers generation 31.8 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 84.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29411.3 millions/s 0 % 2955.2 millions/s 90 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12380.6 millions/s 0 % 1627.2 millions/s 86.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 56.8 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 71.0 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 88.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 61.1 %

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 i7-980 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.4 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 210.3 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 262.9 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 328.6 FPS 242.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.2 %
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