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General information Core i7-7740X Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-X Conroe
Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 51.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 112 W 0 % 65 W 42 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 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 i7-7740X Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 49955 0 % 26476 47 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 10 % 83.3 %
Benchmark Score 6227 0 % 491 92.1 %
Single Thread Score 2669.2 0 % 790.5 70.4 %
Encrypting Data 3297.9 MB/s 0 % 1107.3 MB/s 66.4 %
Compressing Data 130.5 MB/s 0 % 16.1 MB/s 87.7 %
String objects sorting 17352.3 thousand/s 0 % 2214.6 thousand/s 87.2 %
Prime numbers generation 31.1 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 84 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 30292.3 millions/s 0 % 2975.9 millions/s 90.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 19082.9 millions/s 0 % 1642 millions/s 91.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-7740X, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i7-7740X Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.1 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 164.9 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 206.1 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 257.6 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 65.5 %

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 i7-7740X Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.4 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 221.5 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 276.8 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 346.0 FPS 242.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.9 %
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