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General information Core i7-2700K Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q4 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 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 20 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-2700K Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 43860 0 % 35071 20 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 3701 0 % 1513 59.1 %
Single Thread Score 1818.8 0 % 1225.9 32.6 %
Encrypting Data 1750.7 MB/s 49.6 % 3474.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 93.6 MB/s 0 % 47.9 MB/s 48.8 %
String objects sorting 13771.9 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 53.1 %
Prime numbers generation 26 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 27.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21824.2 millions/s 0 % 10690.3 millions/s 51 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8216.2 millions/s 0 % 6027.8 millions/s 26.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2700K, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i7-2700K Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.0 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 135.9 FPS 94.3 FPS
Medium settings 169.9 FPS 117.9 FPS
Low settings 212.4 FPS 147.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.6 %

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 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.8 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 204.5 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 255.7 FPS 224.8 FPS
Low settings 319.6 FPS 281.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.1 %
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