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General information Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q9300
Launched Q4 2017 Q4 2008
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 % 2.5 GHz 32.4 %
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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q9300
Overall Score 54500 0 % 33594 38.4 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 10 % 83.9 %
Benchmark Score 8822 0 % 1274 85.6 %
Single Thread Score 2723.8 0 % 1085.4 60.2 %
Encrypting Data 4852.5 MB/s 0 % 2899.2 MB/s 40.3 %
Compressing Data 196.3 MB/s 0 % 42.3 MB/s 78.4 %
String objects sorting 25356.3 thousand/s 0 % 5781.9 thousand/s 77.2 %
Prime numbers generation 38.6 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 76.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 46207.6 millions/s 0 % 9328.6 millions/s 79.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 28733.5 millions/s 0 % 5426.2 millions/s 81.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-8700K, Core2 Quad Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.3 FPS 54.5 FPS
High settings 186.0 FPS 87.2 FPS
Medium settings 232.5 FPS 109.0 FPS
Low settings 290.6 FPS 136.3 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 i7-8700K Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 146.1 FPS 109.6 FPS
High settings 233.8 FPS 175.4 FPS
Medium settings 292.3 FPS 219.3 FPS
Low settings 365.4 FPS 274.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 25 %
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