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General information Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7600
Launched Q1 2013 Q2 2009
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 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
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 E7600
Overall Score 50541 0 % 29453 41.7 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 13 % 61.8 %
Benchmark Score 6525 0 % 753 88.5 %
Single Thread Score 2088.3 0 % 1249.7 40.2 %
Encrypting Data 2980 MB/s 0 % 1699.4 MB/s 43 %
Compressing Data 163.6 MB/s 0 % 25.2 MB/s 84.6 %
String objects sorting 22898.9 thousand/s 0 % 3428.6 thousand/s 85 %
Prime numbers generation 48.3 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 87.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37176.1 millions/s 0 % 5272.1 millions/s 85.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18718.6 millions/s 0 % 3021 millions/s 83.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-4960X, Core2 Duo E7600.

Average frames per second Core i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 104.8 FPS 42.3 FPS
High settings 167.7 FPS 67.7 FPS
Medium settings 209.6 FPS 84.7 FPS
Low settings 262.0 FPS 105.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.6 %

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 i7-4960X Core2 Duo E7600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.5 FPS 102.3 FPS
High settings 223.2 FPS 163.7 FPS
Medium settings 279.0 FPS 204.6 FPS
Low settings 348.7 FPS 255.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.7 %
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