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General information Core i7-950 Core i7-940
Launched Q2 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Bloomfield Bloomfield
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 6.5 %
Turbo Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 130 W 0 %
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
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-950 Core i7-940
Overall Score 38045 0 % 37243 2.1 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 2095 0 % 1924 8.2 %
Single Thread Score 1372.7 0 % 1310 4.6 %
Encrypting Data 4519.5 MB/s 0 % 4117.6 MB/s 8.9 %
Compressing Data 69.2 MB/s 0 % 63.8 MB/s 7.9 %
String objects sorting 9540.7 thousand/s 0 % 8907.9 thousand/s 6.6 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 0.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17301.2 millions/s 0 % 16089.5 millions/s 7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7270.8 millions/s 0 % 6867.6 millions/s 5.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-950, Core i7-940.

Average frames per second Core i7-950 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 67.4 FPS 65.0 FPS
High settings 107.9 FPS 104.0 FPS
Medium settings 134.8 FPS 130.0 FPS
Low settings 168.6 FPS 162.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.6 %

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 i7-950 Core i7-940
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.3 FPS 115.9 FPS
High settings 187.7 FPS 185.4 FPS
Medium settings 234.6 FPS 231.8 FPS
Low settings 293.2 FPS 289.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.2 %
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