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General information Core i7-965 Core2 Duo E8600
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Bloomfield Wolfdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
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 i7-965 Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 38573 0 % 30678 20.5 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2214 0 % 886 60 %
Single Thread Score 1472.1 0 % 1406 4.5 %
Encrypting Data 5063.5 MB/s 0 % 2026 MB/s 60 %
Compressing Data 74.9 MB/s 0 % 27.9 MB/s 62.8 %
String objects sorting 10171.4 thousand/s 0 % 3783.6 thousand/s 62.8 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 55.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18416.6 millions/s 0 % 5962.1 millions/s 67.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7780.2 millions/s 0 % 3499.9 millions/s 55 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-965, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-965 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 110.8 FPS 73.4 FPS
Medium settings 138.5 FPS 91.8 FPS
Low settings 173.1 FPS 114.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.7 %

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 i7-965 Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 104.6 FPS
High settings 189.5 FPS 167.3 FPS
Medium settings 236.9 FPS 209.1 FPS
Low settings 296.2 FPS 261.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.7 %
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