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General information Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q4 2008 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Bloomfield Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 38574 0 % 34009 11.8 %
Future Proof 10 % 23.1 % 13 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2214 0 % 1338 39.6 %
Single Thread Score 1475 0 % 1134.7 23.1 %
Encrypting Data 5075.3 MB/s 0 % 3076 MB/s 39.4 %
Compressing Data 73.9 MB/s 0 % 45.4 MB/s 38.5 %
String objects sorting 10110.6 thousand/s 0 % 6053 thousand/s 40.1 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 7.1 millions/s 71.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18287.3 millions/s 0 % 9883.3 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7850.3 millions/s 0 % 5650.5 millions/s 28 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-965, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 55.8 FPS
High settings 110.9 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 173.3 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.6 %

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 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %
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