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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E7600
Launched Q3 2011 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Gulftown Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
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 28.9 % 45 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E7600
Overall Score 46001 0 % 29453 36 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 13 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 753 83.2 %
Single Thread Score 1546.7 0 % 1254.7 18.9 %
Encrypting Data 2666.5 MB/s 0 % 1728.1 MB/s 35.2 %
Compressing Data 115.8 MB/s 0 % 25.2 MB/s 78.3 %
String objects sorting 15894.1 thousand/s 0 % 3418.3 thousand/s 78.5 %
Prime numbers generation 32.1 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 81.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29411.3 millions/s 0 % 5277.4 millions/s 82.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12429.9 millions/s 0 % 3018 millions/s 75.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Duo E7600.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 42.3 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 67.7 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 84.7 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 105.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.7 %

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 i7-980 Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 102.3 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 163.6 FPS
Medium settings 263.0 FPS 204.5 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 255.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.2 %
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