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General information Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7300
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 Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 25 %
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 51.1 % 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7300
Overall Score 50541 0 % 28090 44.4 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 623 90.5 %
Single Thread Score 2065.3 0 % 1074.1 48 %
Encrypting Data 2977 MB/s 0 % 1420.1 MB/s 52.3 %
Compressing Data 163.2 MB/s 0 % 19.9 MB/s 87.8 %
String objects sorting 23106.1 thousand/s 0 % 2954.9 thousand/s 87.2 %
Prime numbers generation 48 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 89.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37324.2 millions/s 0 % 4103.2 millions/s 89 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18737.1 millions/s 0 % 2762.2 millions/s 85.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core2 Duo E7300.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.7 FPS 38.9 FPS
High settings 167.6 FPS 62.2 FPS
Medium settings 209.5 FPS 77.8 FPS
Low settings 261.8 FPS 97.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.9 %

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 i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.4 FPS 99.9 FPS
High settings 223.0 FPS 159.9 FPS
Medium settings 278.7 FPS 199.9 FPS
Low settings 348.4 FPS 249.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.3 %
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