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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6550
Launched Q3 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Gulftown Conroe
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 30.3 %
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 E6550
Overall Score 45901 0 % 27443 40.2 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 4439 0 % 567 87.2 %
Single Thread Score 1535.9 0 % 901.5 41.3 %
Encrypting Data 2712.2 MB/s 0 % 1304.8 MB/s 51.9 %
Compressing Data 115.1 MB/s 0 % 18.7 MB/s 83.8 %
String objects sorting 15830.8 thousand/s 0 % 2577.1 thousand/s 83.7 %
Prime numbers generation 32.2 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 84.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29440.6 millions/s 0 % 3575.2 millions/s 87.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12208.1 millions/s 0 % 1891.9 millions/s 84.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Duo E6550.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.2 FPS 37.6 FPS
High settings 145.9 FPS 60.1 FPS
Medium settings 182.3 FPS 75.1 FPS
Low settings 227.9 FPS 93.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.8 %

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 E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 99.0 FPS
High settings 211.1 FPS 158.5 FPS
Medium settings 263.9 FPS 198.1 FPS
Low settings 329.9 FPS 247.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.9 %
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