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General information Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q8400
Launched Q4 2017 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Yorkfield
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 27 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q8400
Overall Score 54500 0 % 34008 37.6 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 13 % 79 %
Benchmark Score 8822 0 % 1338 84.8 %
Single Thread Score 2748.4 0 % 1140.4 58.5 %
Encrypting Data 4847.7 MB/s 0 % 3029.7 MB/s 37.5 %
Compressing Data 196.9 MB/s 0 % 45 MB/s 77.1 %
String objects sorting 25665.7 thousand/s 0 % 6163 thousand/s 76 %
Prime numbers generation 38.7 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 82 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 45792.2 millions/s 0 % 10022.7 millions/s 78.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28533.1 millions/s 0 % 5644.9 millions/s 80.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core2 Quad Q8400.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 55.7 FPS
High settings 186.0 FPS 89.2 FPS
Medium settings 232.5 FPS 111.5 FPS
Low settings 290.6 FPS 139.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 52 %

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 i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.4 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 234.2 FPS 176.5 FPS
Medium settings 292.7 FPS 220.7 FPS
Low settings 365.9 FPS 275.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.6 %
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