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General information Core i7-950 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q2 2009 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 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
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 i7-950 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 37932 0 % 28335 25.3 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 2070 0 % 645 68.8 %
Single Thread Score 1376.6 0 % 1067.5 22.5 %
Encrypting Data 4712.3 MB/s 0 % 1457 MB/s 69.1 %
Compressing Data 68.8 MB/s 0 % 19.2 MB/s 72.2 %
String objects sorting 9365.5 thousand/s 0 % 2868.5 thousand/s 69.4 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 63.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17274.1 millions/s 0 % 4335.6 millions/s 74.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7267.4 millions/s 0 % 2408.1 millions/s 66.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-950, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-950 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 67.4 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 107.8 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 134.8 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 168.5 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.4 %

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 i7-950 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.4 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 187.8 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 234.7 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 293.4 FPS 251.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.4 %
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