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General information Core i7-2600S Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Conroe
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 25 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2600S Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 41591 0 % 26476 36.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2992 0 % 491 83.6 %
Single Thread Score 1748.6 0 % 788.9 54.9 %
Encrypting Data 1364.4 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 18.9 %
Compressing Data 75.2 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 78.3 %
String objects sorting 11128.3 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 80 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 78 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17664.2 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 83.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6532.2 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 75.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600S, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600S Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 125.2 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 156.5 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 195.6 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 54.6 %

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 i7-2600S Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.7 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 197.9 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 247.4 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 309.2 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.6 %
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