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General information Core i7-975 Core i5-2300
Launched Q2 2009 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Bloomfield Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Turbo Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
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 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 8 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-975 Core i5-2300
Overall Score 38771 0 % 38655 0.3 %
Future Proof 13 % 43.5 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2260 0 % 2233 1.2 %
Single Thread Score 1489 0 % 1435.3 3.6 %
Encrypting Data 4864.8 MB/s 0 % 4816.7 MB/s 1 %
Compressing Data 74.9 MB/s 0 % 55.8 MB/s 25.5 %
String objects sorting 10279.1 thousand/s 0 % 7683.3 thousand/s 25.3 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 22.1 millions/s 14.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18688.7 millions/s 0 % 12261.9 millions/s 34.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7978.7 millions/s 0 % 6253.8 millions/s 21.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-975, Core i5-2300.

Average frames per second Core i7-975 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.5 FPS 69.2 FPS
High settings 111.2 FPS 110.7 FPS
Medium settings 139.1 FPS 138.4 FPS
Low settings 173.8 FPS 173.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %

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 i7-975 Core i5-2300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.6 FPS 118.4 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 189.4 FPS
Medium settings 237.2 FPS 236.7 FPS
Low settings 296.5 FPS 295.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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