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General information Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge-E Conroe
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 33.3 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 65 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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 50541 0 % 27370 45.8 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 561 91.4 %
Single Thread Score 2082 0 % 944.4 54.6 %
Encrypting Data 3013 MB/s 0 % 1272.3 MB/s 57.8 %
Compressing Data 162.3 MB/s 0 % 19.2 MB/s 88.2 %
String objects sorting 23152.1 thousand/s 0 % 2609.1 thousand/s 88.7 %
Prime numbers generation 47.9 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 93.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37213.1 millions/s 0 % 3619.7 millions/s 90.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18644.3 millions/s 0 % 1989 millions/s 89.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 37.3 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 74.6 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 64.4 %

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 i7-4960X Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.4 FPS 98.5 FPS
High settings 223.1 FPS 157.6 FPS
Medium settings 278.9 FPS 197.0 FPS
Low settings 348.6 FPS 246.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.4 %
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