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General information Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Skylake-X Kentsfield
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 3.6 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 32 0 % 4 87.5 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 105 W 36.4 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 16 × 1 MB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Overall Score 65645 0 % 34131 48 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 10 % 83.9 %
Benchmark Score 18570 0 % 1357 92.7 %
Single Thread Score 2528.6 0 % 1080.2 57.3 %
Encrypting Data 11116.1 MB/s 0 % 3101.4 MB/s 72.1 %
Compressing Data 473.6 MB/s 0 % 45.7 MB/s 90.4 %
String objects sorting 58777.9 thousand/s 0 % 6048.2 thousand/s 89.7 %
Prime numbers generation 103.2 millions/s 0 % 10.9 millions/s 89.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 107681 millions/s 0 % 9138.5 millions/s 91.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66332 millions/s 0 % 4480.3 millions/s 93.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7960X, Core2 Quad Q6700.

Average frames per second Core i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 149.7 FPS 56.1 FPS
High settings 239.5 FPS 89.8 FPS
Medium settings 299.4 FPS 112.2 FPS
Low settings 374.3 FPS 140.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 62.5 %

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 i9-7960X Core2 Quad Q6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 166.1 FPS 110.5 FPS
High settings 265.8 FPS 176.8 FPS
Medium settings 332.3 FPS 221.0 FPS
Low settings 415.4 FPS 276.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.5 %
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