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General information Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Bloomfield Kentsfield
Clock 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 17.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 105 W 19.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 37153 0 % 32899 11.4 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 1171 38.5 %
Single Thread Score 1319.2 0 % 943.4 28.5 %
Encrypting Data 4394.3 MB/s 0 % 2680.5 MB/s 39 %
Compressing Data 63 MB/s 0 % 39.3 MB/s 37.6 %
String objects sorting 8828.3 thousand/s 0 % 5312.4 thousand/s 39.8 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16252 millions/s 0 % 7853.7 millions/s 51.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6950.5 millions/s 0 % 3929.2 millions/s 43.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.0 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 130.1 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 162.6 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.3 %

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 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 108.5 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 173.6 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 217.0 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 271.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.5 %
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