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General information Core i7-990X Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Gulftown Conroe
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 31.4 %
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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 46297 0 % 27346 40.9 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 559 87.8 %
Single Thread Score 1580.6 0 % 936.9 40.7 %
Encrypting Data 2642 MB/s 0 % 1270.5 MB/s 51.9 %
Compressing Data 119.3 MB/s 0 % 18.8 MB/s 84.2 %
String objects sorting 16247.6 thousand/s 0 % 2565.7 thousand/s 84.2 %
Prime numbers generation 33.3 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 91 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29710.7 millions/s 0 % 3561.7 millions/s 88 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12454.8 millions/s 0 % 2008 millions/s 83.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.1 FPS 37.2 FPS
High settings 147.4 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 184.3 FPS 74.5 FPS
Low settings 230.3 FPS 93.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.6 %

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 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.8 FPS 98.5 FPS
High settings 210.9 FPS 157.6 FPS
Medium settings 263.6 FPS 197.1 FPS
Low settings 329.5 FPS 246.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.2 %
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