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General information Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Launched Q4 2008 Q4 2008
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 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Overall Score 38574 0 % 35546 7.8 %
Future Proof 10 % 0 % 10 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2214 0 % 1596 27.9 %
Single Thread Score 1475 0 % 1290.7 12.5 %
Encrypting Data 5075.3 MB/s 0 % 3619.6 MB/s 28.7 %
Compressing Data 73.9 MB/s 0 % 51.3 MB/s 30.5 %
String objects sorting 10110.6 thousand/s 0 % 6835.3 thousand/s 32.4 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 25.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18287.3 millions/s 0 % 11385.6 millions/s 37.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7850.3 millions/s 0 % 6376.6 millions/s 18.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-965, Core2 Quad Q9650.

Average frames per second Core i7-965 Core2 Quad Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 110.9 FPS 96.5 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 120.6 FPS
Low settings 173.3 FPS 150.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 13 %

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 Q9650
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 113.2 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 181.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 226.5 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 283.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.5 %
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