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General information Core i7-940 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Bloomfield Wolfdale
Clock 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 3.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-940 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 37153 0 % 28335 23.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 645 66.1 %
Single Thread Score 1296.9 0 % 1068.6 17.6 %
Encrypting Data 4320.3 MB/s 0 % 1477.8 MB/s 65.8 %
Compressing Data 63.6 MB/s 0 % 19.1 MB/s 70 %
String objects sorting 8916.8 thousand/s 0 % 2859.8 thousand/s 67.9 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 8.1 millions/s 63.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16154.5 millions/s 0 % 4383.8 millions/s 72.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6943.5 millions/s 0 % 2449.4 millions/s 64.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 130.1 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 162.6 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 39.3 %

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 i7-940 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 160.9 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 201.1 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 251.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %
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