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General information Core i7-960 Core2 Extreme X6800
Launched Q4 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Extreme
Core Family Name Bloomfield Conroe
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 9.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 75 W 42.3 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-960 Core2 Extreme X6800
Overall Score 38314 0 % 28306 26.1 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 642 70.2 %
Single Thread Score 1450.7 0 % 1045.2 28 %
Encrypting Data 4880.5 MB/s 0 % 1452.6 MB/s 70.2 %
Compressing Data 71.6 MB/s 0 % 18.5 MB/s 74.2 %
String objects sorting 9863.3 thousand/s 0 % 2732.4 thousand/s 72.3 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 74.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18110.1 millions/s 0 % 4083.1 millions/s 77.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7769.3 millions/s 0 % 2054.6 millions/s 73.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core2 Extreme X6800.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 39.4 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 63.1 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 98.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.4 %

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 i7-960 Core2 Extreme X6800
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 160.8 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 201.0 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 251.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.9 %
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