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General information Core i7-970 Core2 Quad Q9450
Launched Q3 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Gulftown Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 95 W 26.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-970 Core2 Quad Q9450
Overall Score 45369 0 % 34483 24 %
Future Proof 20 % 0 % 10 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 4237 0 % 1414 66.6 %
Single Thread Score 1475.8 0 % 1126.1 23.7 %
Encrypting Data 2496 MB/s 22.5 % 3218.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 110.4 MB/s 0 % 44.6 MB/s 59.6 %
String objects sorting 15060.8 thousand/s 0 % 6031 thousand/s 60 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 0 % 18.2 millions/s 37.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 27616.9 millions/s 0 % 10151.4 millions/s 63.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11639.6 millions/s 0 % 5663.3 millions/s 51.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-970, Core2 Quad Q9450.

Average frames per second Core i7-970 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 89.4 FPS 57.2 FPS
High settings 143.1 FPS 91.5 FPS
Medium settings 178.9 FPS 114.4 FPS
Low settings 223.6 FPS 142.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.1 %

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 i7-970 Core2 Quad Q9450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 130.4 FPS 111.3 FPS
High settings 208.6 FPS 178.0 FPS
Medium settings 260.8 FPS 222.5 FPS
Low settings 326.0 FPS 278.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.7 %
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