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General information Core i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 22.2 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 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 i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 52185 0 % 28335 45.7 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 10 % 81.1 %
Benchmark Score 7416 0 % 645 91.3 %
Single Thread Score 2408.8 0 % 1072.9 55.5 %
Encrypting Data 3119.5 MB/s 0 % 1471.8 MB/s 52.8 %
Compressing Data 167.2 MB/s 0 % 19.2 MB/s 88.5 %
String objects sorting 22267.6 thousand/s 0 % 2905.9 thousand/s 87 %
Prime numbers generation 50.4 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 84.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 39628.6 millions/s 0 % 4410 millions/s 88.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 25720.4 millions/s 0 % 2444.6 millions/s 90.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6850K, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 219.4 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 64 %

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 i7-6850K Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 142.4 FPS 100.2 FPS
High settings 227.9 FPS 160.4 FPS
Medium settings 284.9 FPS 200.5 FPS
Low settings 356.1 FPS 250.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.6 %
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