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General information Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9550
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 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 60829 0 % 35071 42.3 %
Future Proof 59 % 0 % 10 % 83.1 %
Benchmark Score 13691 0 % 1513 88.9 %
Single Thread Score 2576.7 0 % 1221 52.6 %
Encrypting Data 7613.4 MB/s 0 % 3447.2 MB/s 54.7 %
Compressing Data 315.8 MB/s 0 % 48.5 MB/s 84.6 %
String objects sorting 41220 thousand/s 0 % 6485.3 thousand/s 84.3 %
Prime numbers generation 76.2 millions/s 0 % 18.8 millions/s 75.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 71811.6 millions/s 0 % 10604.7 millions/s 85.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45139.1 millions/s 0 % 6058.1 millions/s 86.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.3 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 216.5 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 270.7 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 338.4 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 56.5 %

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 i9-7900X Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.6 FPS 112.3 FPS
High settings 252.2 FPS 179.7 FPS
Medium settings 315.3 FPS 224.6 FPS
Low settings 394.1 FPS 280.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.8 %
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