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General information Core i7-960 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q4 2009 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Bloomfield Kentsfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 25 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 105 W 19.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 30.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-960 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 38314 0 % 32899 14.1 %
Future Proof 15 % 0 % 10 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 1171 45.7 %
Single Thread Score 1466.8 0 % 954.9 34.9 %
Encrypting Data 4915.7 MB/s 0 % 2661.7 MB/s 45.9 %
Compressing Data 71.9 MB/s 0 % 38.9 MB/s 45.9 %
String objects sorting 9873.2 thousand/s 0 % 5307.1 thousand/s 46.2 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 56.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18182.2 millions/s 0 % 7822.3 millions/s 57 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7769.3 millions/s 0 % 3980.5 millions/s 48.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.4 %

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 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 108.6 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 173.7 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 217.2 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 271.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 8 %
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