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General information Core i7-2600S Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 2.8 GHz 6.7 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 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 i7-2600S Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 41584 0 % 29685 28.6 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2990 0 % 776 74 %
Single Thread Score 1729.5 0 % 1237 28.5 %
Encrypting Data 1367.9 MB/s 22.5 % 1766 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 76.3 MB/s 0 % 24.8 MB/s 67.5 %
String objects sorting 11192.6 thousand/s 0 % 3391.1 thousand/s 69.7 %
Prime numbers generation 23.1 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 60.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17412.9 millions/s 0 % 5175.6 millions/s 70.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6610 millions/s 0 % 3042.6 millions/s 54 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600S, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600S Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 125.1 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 156.4 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 195.5 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 45 %

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 E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.8 FPS 102.9 FPS
High settings 198.1 FPS 164.6 FPS
Medium settings 247.6 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 309.5 FPS 257.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.9 %
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