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General information Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6700
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2010
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 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
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 E6700
Overall Score 46001 0 % 28285 38.5 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 17 % 34.6 %
Benchmark Score 4478 0 % 640 85.7 %
Single Thread Score 1540.5 0 % 1030.2 33.1 %
Encrypting Data 2706.8 MB/s 0 % 1457 MB/s 46.2 %
Compressing Data 114.9 MB/s 0 % 21.5 MB/s 81.3 %
String objects sorting 15815 thousand/s 0 % 3008 thousand/s 81 %
Prime numbers generation 31.7 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 81 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29147.9 millions/s 0 % 4001 millions/s 86.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12417.6 millions/s 0 % 2151.7 millions/s 82.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-980, Core2 Duo E6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-980 Core2 Duo E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 91.3 FPS 39.3 FPS
High settings 146.1 FPS 62.9 FPS
Medium settings 182.6 FPS 78.6 FPS
Low settings 228.3 FPS 98.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.9 %

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 E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.5 FPS 100.2 FPS
High settings 210.4 FPS 160.3 FPS
Medium settings 263.0 FPS 200.3 FPS
Low settings 328.8 FPS 250.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.8 %
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