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General information Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q6700
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Gulftown Kentsfield
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 22.9 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 105 W 19.2 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q6700
Overall Score 46297 0 % 34131 26.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 1357 70.5 %
Single Thread Score 1575.8 0 % 1087.7 31 %
Encrypting Data 2647.3 MB/s 14.7 % 3101.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 120.2 MB/s 0 % 45.2 MB/s 62.4 %
String objects sorting 16053.2 thousand/s 0 % 6036 thousand/s 62.4 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 66.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29384.2 millions/s 0 % 9248.5 millions/s 68.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12630.2 millions/s 0 % 4444.6 millions/s 64.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core2 Quad Q6700.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 89.8 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 112.2 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 140.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.1 %

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 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 110.7 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 177.2 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 221.5 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 276.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.2 %
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