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General information Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q9300
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 26.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q9300
Overall Score 43391 0 % 33594 22.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 10 % 52.4 %
Benchmark Score 3545 0 % 1274 64.1 %
Single Thread Score 1743 0 % 1085.4 37.7 %
Encrypting Data 1637.5 MB/s 44.2 % 2933.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 90 MB/s 0 % 42.8 MB/s 52.4 %
String objects sorting 13518.3 thousand/s 0 % 5758.9 thousand/s 57.4 %
Prime numbers generation 26.1 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 65.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21346.4 millions/s 0 % 9226.6 millions/s 56.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7940.4 millions/s 0 % 5361.3 millions/s 32.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600K, Core2 Quad Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.6 FPS 54.5 FPS
High settings 133.7 FPS 87.2 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 109.0 FPS
Low settings 208.9 FPS 136.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.8 %

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 i7-2600K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.0 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 203.2 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 254.0 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 317.5 FPS 274.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.6 %
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