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General information Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9400
Launched Q2 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 Yorkfield
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.7 GHz 18.2 %
Cores 10 0 % 4 60 %
Threads 20 0 % 4 80 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 95 W 32.1 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9400
Overall Score 60823 0 % 34208 43.8 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 10 % 83.1 %
Benchmark Score 13686 0 % 1369 90 %
Single Thread Score 2549 0 % 1133.5 55.5 %
Encrypting Data 7505.5 MB/s 0 % 3132.9 MB/s 58.3 %
Compressing Data 314.3 MB/s 0 % 45.3 MB/s 85.6 %
String objects sorting 41138.8 thousand/s 0 % 6194.1 thousand/s 84.9 %
Prime numbers generation 76.3 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 88.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 71786.9 millions/s 0 % 10123.3 millions/s 85.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45081 millions/s 0 % 5652.3 millions/s 87.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core2 Quad Q9400.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 56.3 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 90.2 FPS
Medium settings 270.6 FPS 112.7 FPS
Low settings 338.3 FPS 140.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 58.4 %

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 i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.7 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 252.3 FPS 177.0 FPS
Medium settings 315.3 FPS 221.3 FPS
Low settings 394.2 FPS 276.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.8 %
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