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General information Core i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q2 2016 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011-v3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Wolfdale
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
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 i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 51364 0 % 29685 42.2 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 10 % 81.1 %
Benchmark Score 6960 0 % 776 88.9 %
Single Thread Score 2292.5 0 % 1233.3 46.2 %
Encrypting Data 2938.3 MB/s 0 % 1772.8 MB/s 39.7 %
Compressing Data 159.5 MB/s 0 % 24.5 MB/s 84.7 %
String objects sorting 20971 thousand/s 0 % 3400.3 thousand/s 83.8 %
Prime numbers generation 47.6 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 81.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 37275.7 millions/s 0 % 5134.1 millions/s 86.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 24225 millions/s 0 % 3074.3 millions/s 87.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6800K, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 107.2 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 171.6 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 214.5 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 268.1 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 59.9 %

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 i7-6800K Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 141.0 FPS 102.7 FPS
High settings 225.5 FPS 164.3 FPS
Medium settings 281.9 FPS 205.4 FPS
Low settings 352.4 FPS 256.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %
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