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General information Core i7-960 Core2 Duo E8400
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 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
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 E8400
Overall Score 38314 0 % 29678 22.5 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 776 64 %
Single Thread Score 1463.8 0 % 1235.8 15.6 %
Encrypting Data 4891.1 MB/s 0 % 1780.5 MB/s 63.6 %
Compressing Data 71.5 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 65.8 %
String objects sorting 9932.6 thousand/s 0 % 3360.7 thousand/s 66.2 %
Prime numbers generation 22.8 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 60.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18038 millions/s 0 % 5215.1 millions/s 71.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7761.6 millions/s 0 % 3038.6 millions/s 60.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 68.7 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 85.9 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 107.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.3 %

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 E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 257.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.9 %
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