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Intel Core i5-2300 logo Intel Core i7-960 logo
General information Core i5-2300 Core i7-960
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Bloomfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 12.5 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.1 GHz 11.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 26.9 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-2300 Core i7-960
Overall Score 38561 0 % 38314 0.6 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 15 % 34.8 %
Benchmark Score 2211 0 % 2155 2.5 %
Single Thread Score 1438.2 2.1 % 1469.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 5013.7 MB/s 0 % 4965 MB/s 1 %
Compressing Data 55.1 MB/s 23.9 % 72.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7683.3 thousand/s 21.6 % 9794.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 21.9 millions/s 5.5 % 23.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12176.4 millions/s 31.8 % 17857.8 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6361.2 millions/s 18 % 7761.6 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2300, Core i7-960.

Average frames per second Core i5-2300 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 68.5 FPS
High settings 110.8 FPS 109.7 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 137.1 FPS
Low settings 173.2 FPS 171.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %

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 i5-2300 Core i7-960
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 118.1 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 188.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 236.2 FPS
Low settings 296.2 FPS 295.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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