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General information Core i7-2600S Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q1 2011 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 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 3.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 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 i7-2600S Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 41590 0 % 34208 17.7 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2992 0 % 1369 54.2 %
Single Thread Score 1731.3 0 % 1127.8 34.9 %
Encrypting Data 1371.3 MB/s 56.3 % 3138.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 75.4 MB/s 0 % 45.3 MB/s 39.9 %
String objects sorting 11251.7 thousand/s 0 % 6150 thousand/s 45.3 %
Prime numbers generation 23.1 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 60.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17594.1 millions/s 0 % 10120.3 millions/s 42.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6532.2 millions/s 0 % 5562.5 millions/s 14.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600S, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600S Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 125.2 FPS 90.2 FPS
Medium settings 156.4 FPS 112.7 FPS
Low settings 195.6 FPS 140.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 28 %

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 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.7 FPS 110.8 FPS
High settings 198.0 FPS 177.3 FPS
Medium settings 247.5 FPS 221.6 FPS
Low settings 309.4 FPS 277.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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