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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6850
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 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
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 E6850
Overall Score 46001 0 % 29158 36.6 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 723 83.9 %
Single Thread Score 1532.8 0 % 1176.5 23.2 %
Encrypting Data 2671.9 MB/s 0 % 1656.9 MB/s 38 %
Compressing Data 115.8 MB/s 0 % 24.2 MB/s 79.1 %
String objects sorting 15815 thousand/s 0 % 3358 thousand/s 78.8 %
Prime numbers generation 31.9 millions/s 0 % 6.1 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29177.2 millions/s 0 % 4495.7 millions/s 84.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12380.6 millions/s 0 % 2417.4 millions/s 80.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Duo E6850.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 41.6 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 66.5 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 83.1 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 103.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 54.5 %

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 E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.4 FPS 101.7 FPS
High settings 210.3 FPS 162.7 FPS
Medium settings 262.9 FPS 203.4 FPS
Low settings 328.6 FPS 254.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.6 %
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