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General information Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q9650
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 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
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 Q9650
Overall Score 46297 0 % 35545 23.2 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 4594 0 % 1596 65.3 %
Single Thread Score 1575.8 0 % 1281.7 18.7 %
Encrypting Data 2647.3 MB/s 27.4 % 3645.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 120.2 MB/s 0 % 51.4 MB/s 57.3 %
String objects sorting 16053.2 thousand/s 0 % 6890.1 thousand/s 57.1 %
Prime numbers generation 32.8 millions/s 0 % 19 millions/s 42.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 29384.2 millions/s 0 % 11363 millions/s 61.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12630.2 millions/s 0 % 6288 millions/s 50.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-990X, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Core i7-990X Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 92.2 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 147.5 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 184.4 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 230.5 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.6 %

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 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.2 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 211.5 FPS 181.2 FPS
Medium settings 264.3 FPS 226.5 FPS
Low settings 330.4 FPS 283.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.3 %
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