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General information Core i7-975 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q2 2009 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 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
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 i7-975 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 38754 0 % 29685 23.4 %
Future Proof 13 % 0 % 10 % 23.1 %
Benchmark Score 2256 0 % 776 65.6 %
Single Thread Score 1490.5 0 % 1234.5 17.2 %
Encrypting Data 5151 MB/s 0 % 1778.4 MB/s 65.5 %
Compressing Data 74.7 MB/s 0 % 24.8 MB/s 66.8 %
String objects sorting 10396.3 thousand/s 0 % 3357.3 thousand/s 67.7 %
Prime numbers generation 25.7 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 65.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18754.1 millions/s 0 % 5191.2 millions/s 72.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7938.1 millions/s 0 % 3079.4 millions/s 61.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-975, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-975 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.8 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 111.7 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 139.6 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 174.5 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.4 %

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 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 102.9 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 164.6 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 257.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.5 %
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