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General information Core i7-3930K Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q4 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3930K Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 47995 0 % 28335 41 %
Future Proof 27 % 0 % 10 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 5306 0 % 645 87.8 %
Single Thread Score 1757.7 0 % 1083.6 38.4 %
Encrypting Data 2501.3 MB/s 0 % 1484.9 MB/s 40.6 %
Compressing Data 135.8 MB/s 0 % 19.4 MB/s 85.7 %
String objects sorting 20733.1 thousand/s 0 % 2888.6 thousand/s 86.1 %
Prime numbers generation 38.2 millions/s 0 % 8.1 millions/s 78.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32131.5 millions/s 0 % 4366.3 millions/s 86.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11975 millions/s 0 % 2451.9 millions/s 79.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3930K, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-3930K Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 97.2 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 155.6 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 194.5 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 243.1 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.4 %

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 i7-3930K Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.0 FPS 100.2 FPS
High settings 216.0 FPS 160.4 FPS
Medium settings 270.0 FPS 200.5 FPS
Low settings 337.6 FPS 250.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.8 %
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