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General information Core i7-2700K Core2 Duo E6550
Launched Q4 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 Conroe
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 34.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 i7-2700K Core2 Duo E6550
Overall Score 43860 0 % 27581 37.1 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 3701 0 % 579 84.4 %
Single Thread Score 1822.5 0 % 911.8 50 %
Encrypting Data 1767.3 MB/s 0 % 1309.3 MB/s 25.9 %
Compressing Data 93.3 MB/s 0 % 18.7 MB/s 79.9 %
String objects sorting 13965.6 thousand/s 0 % 2587 thousand/s 81.5 %
Prime numbers generation 26.2 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 77.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21861.8 millions/s 0 % 3595.4 millions/s 83.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8163 millions/s 0 % 1900 millions/s 76.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2700K, Core2 Duo E6550.

Average frames per second Core i7-2700K Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.0 FPS 37.7 FPS
High settings 135.9 FPS 60.4 FPS
Medium settings 169.9 FPS 75.5 FPS
Low settings 212.4 FPS 94.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 55.6 %

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 i7-2700K Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.7 FPS 98.9 FPS
High settings 204.2 FPS 158.2 FPS
Medium settings 255.3 FPS 197.8 FPS
Low settings 319.1 FPS 247.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %
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