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General information Core i7-990X Core2 Extreme X6800
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Extreme
Core Family Name Gulftown Conroe
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 17.1 %
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 i7-990X Core2 Extreme X6800
Overall Score 46297 0 % 28455 38.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 656 85.7 %
Single Thread Score 1577.4 0 % 1093.2 30.7 %
Encrypting Data 2655.3 MB/s 0 % 1508.9 MB/s 43.2 %
Compressing Data 120.6 MB/s 0 % 21 MB/s 82.6 %
String objects sorting 16215.2 thousand/s 0 % 2926.3 thousand/s 82 %
Prime numbers generation 33.3 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 78.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29710.7 millions/s 0 % 4336 millions/s 85.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12417.2 millions/s 0 % 2184 millions/s 82.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core2 Extreme X6800.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 39.8 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 63.6 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 79.6 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 99.4 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 i7-990X Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.9 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 211.1 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 263.9 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 329.9 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.9 %
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