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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Extreme X6800
Launched Q3 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Extreme
Core Family Name Gulftown Conroe
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 75 W 42.3 %
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 Extreme X6800
Overall Score 45901 0 % 28710 37.5 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 4439 0 % 679 84.7 %
Single Thread Score 1539 0 % 1099.2 28.6 %
Encrypting Data 2709.5 MB/s 0 % 1573.7 MB/s 41.9 %
Compressing Data 115.1 MB/s 0 % 21.8 MB/s 81 %
String objects sorting 15846.6 thousand/s 0 % 3066.4 thousand/s 80.6 %
Prime numbers generation 32.3 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 78.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29411.3 millions/s 0 % 4520 millions/s 84.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12294.4 millions/s 0 % 2246 millions/s 81.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Extreme X6800.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.2 FPS 40.5 FPS
High settings 145.9 FPS 64.8 FPS
Medium settings 182.3 FPS 81.0 FPS
Low settings 227.9 FPS 101.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.6 %

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 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 101.3 FPS
High settings 211.1 FPS 162.0 FPS
Medium settings 263.9 FPS 202.5 FPS
Low settings 329.9 FPS 253.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.3 %
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