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General information Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q9550
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 Yorkfield
Clock 2.9 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 3.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 37153 0 % 35071 5.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 1513 20.6 %
Single Thread Score 1319.2 0 % 1225.9 7.1 %
Encrypting Data 4341.5 MB/s 0 % 3474.9 MB/s 20 %
Compressing Data 63.7 MB/s 0 % 47.9 MB/s 24.8 %
String objects sorting 8890.2 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 27.3 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 14.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16089.5 millions/s 0 % 10690.3 millions/s 33.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6936.6 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 13.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.1 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 104.1 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 130.2 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 162.7 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %

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 Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.0 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 290.1 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %
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