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General information Core i7-2700K Core2 Duo E8600
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 Wolfdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 i7-2700K Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 43860 0 % 30689 30 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 3701 0 % 887 76 %
Single Thread Score 1833.4 0 % 1393 24 %
Encrypting Data 1777.9 MB/s 11.5 % 2009.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.8 MB/s 0 % 27.7 MB/s 70.4 %
String objects sorting 13839.5 thousand/s 0 % 3852.4 thousand/s 72.2 %
Prime numbers generation 25.8 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 57.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21619.6 millions/s 0 % 6007 millions/s 72.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8122 millions/s 0 % 3484.5 millions/s 57.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2700K, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second Core i7-2700K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.0 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 135.9 FPS 73.5 FPS
Medium settings 169.9 FPS 91.9 FPS
Low settings 212.4 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.9 %

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 E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.7 FPS 104.7 FPS
High settings 204.4 FPS 167.5 FPS
Medium settings 255.5 FPS 209.3 FPS
Low settings 319.3 FPS 261.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.1 %
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