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General information Core i7-960 Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q4 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 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 12.5 %
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 i7-960 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 38314 0 % 28335 26 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 645 70.1 %
Single Thread Score 1463.8 0 % 1071.8 26.8 %
Encrypting Data 4891.1 MB/s 0 % 1485.2 MB/s 69.6 %
Compressing Data 71.5 MB/s 0 % 19.1 MB/s 73.2 %
String objects sorting 9932.6 thousand/s 0 % 2880 thousand/s 71 %
Prime numbers generation 22.8 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 65.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18038 millions/s 0 % 4379.4 millions/s 75.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7761.6 millions/s 0 % 2447 millions/s 68.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 98.8 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 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 251.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.9 %
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