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General information Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q9450
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 Yorkfield
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 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 46297 0 % 34483 25.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 1414 69.2 %
Single Thread Score 1566.4 0 % 1126.1 28.1 %
Encrypting Data 2642 MB/s 17.9 % 3218.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 119.6 MB/s 0 % 44.6 MB/s 62.7 %
String objects sorting 16247.6 thousand/s 0 % 6031 thousand/s 62.9 %
Prime numbers generation 33 millions/s 0 % 18.2 millions/s 45 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29651.3 millions/s 0 % 10151.4 millions/s 65.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12479.9 millions/s 0 % 5663.3 millions/s 54.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 57.2 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 91.5 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 114.4 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 142.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 38 %

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 Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.0 FPS 111.3 FPS
High settings 211.2 FPS 178.0 FPS
Medium settings 264.0 FPS 222.5 FPS
Low settings 330.1 FPS 278.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.7 %
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