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General information Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q2 2016 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Yorkfield
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 4 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 55270 0 % 34008 38.5 %
Future Proof 53 % 0 % 13 % 75.5 %
Benchmark Score 9332 0 % 1338 85.7 %
Single Thread Score 2328.3 0 % 1141.6 51 %
Encrypting Data 4081.4 MB/s 0 % 3029.7 MB/s 25.8 %
Compressing Data 218.6 MB/s 0 % 45.6 MB/s 79.2 %
String objects sorting 28612.4 thousand/s 0 % 6115.1 thousand/s 78.6 %
Prime numbers generation 64.1 millions/s 0 % 6.9 millions/s 89.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51161.1 millions/s 0 % 9996.7 millions/s 80.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33460.4 millions/s 0 % 5590.9 millions/s 83.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 190.2 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 237.7 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 297.2 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.1 %

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 i7-6900K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.8 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 236.5 FPS 176.4 FPS
Medium settings 295.7 FPS 220.5 FPS
Low settings 369.6 FPS 275.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.4 %
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