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General information Core i7-7740X Core2 Quad Q9550
Launched Q3 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-X Yorkfield
Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 34.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 112 W 0 % 95 W 15.2 %
Lithography 14 nm 68.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-7740X Core2 Quad Q9550
Overall Score 49954 0 % 35071 29.8 %
Future Proof 60 % 0 % 10 % 83.3 %
Benchmark Score 6227 0 % 1513 75.7 %
Single Thread Score 2685.3 0 % 1225.9 54.3 %
Encrypting Data 3255.1 MB/s 5.4 % 3440.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 132 MB/s 0 % 48.6 MB/s 63.1 %
String objects sorting 17352.3 thousand/s 0 % 6465.7 thousand/s 62.7 %
Prime numbers generation 31.2 millions/s 0 % 19.2 millions/s 38.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 30109.9 millions/s 0 % 10786.6 millions/s 64.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 18911 millions/s 0 % 6076.2 millions/s 67.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-7740X, Core2 Quad Q9550.

Average frames per second Core i7-7740X Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.0 FPS 58.9 FPS
High settings 164.9 FPS 94.2 FPS
Medium settings 206.1 FPS 117.7 FPS
Low settings 257.6 FPS 147.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 42.9 %

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 i7-7740X Core2 Quad Q9550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 138.6 FPS 112.4 FPS
High settings 221.7 FPS 179.8 FPS
Medium settings 277.1 FPS 224.7 FPS
Low settings 346.4 FPS 280.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %
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