Processors

Core2 Extreme Q6850

About Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850

Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 is processor manufactured by Intel and launched in Q4 2008 . It's using LGA775 socket. It has 4 cores and 4 threads with clock of 3 GHz . This processor is used in Desktop devices and can consume up to 130 watts of power .

Component specifications

Desktop
Used in

Intel
Factory

LGA775
Socket

Q4 2008
Launched

3 GHz
Clock

4
Cores

4
Threads

130 W
Thermal Design Power (TDP)

Overall Score 35021

Benchmark Score 1504

Single Thread Score 1221.2

Future Proof 10%

Predicted component performance

3206.3 MB/s
Encrypting Data

52 MB/s
Compressing Data

6851.7 thousand/s
String objects sorting

11 millions/s
Prime numbers generation

10684.7 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (integer)

5133 millions/s
Mathemathic operations (float)

Compatible graphic cards

Graphic cards that best works with Core2 Extreme Q6850 on 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution in general tasks.

	GeForce GTX 750	Desktop Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	55 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 590	Desktop Used in	Q1 2011 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	365 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST	Desktop Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	980 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		980 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	134 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	822 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		822 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	170 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 7790	Desktop Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	85 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 360	Desktop Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1050 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1050 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 470	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	1280 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	1280 MB Memory	215 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 260X	Desktop Used in	Q4 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1100 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1100 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	115 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 560X	Desktop Used in	Q3 2018 Launched		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1175 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6970	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	880 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		880 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	250 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R7 260	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	95 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6990	Desktop Used in	Q1 2011 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	830 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		830 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	375 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon R9 360	Desktop Used in	Q4 2015 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	85 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 550	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 560	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	810 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		810 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 465	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	607 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		607 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	200 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 8950	Desktop Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	850 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		850 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GT 1030	Desktop Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x4 Motherboard Bus	1227 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1227 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	30 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 650 Ti	Desktop Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	928 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		928 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	110 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6950	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	800 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		800 MHz Core Clock	1024 MB Memory	200 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 5970	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	850 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		850 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	294 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 460	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	675 MHz Core Clock	768 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		675 MHz Core Clock	768 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon RX 550X	Desktop Used in	Q2 2019 Launched		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1100 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 6870	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	900 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		900 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	151 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 5870	Desktop Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	875 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		875 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	228 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon HD 7770	Desktop Used in	Q2 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1020 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GeForce GTX 745	Desktop Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1033 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1033 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	55 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GRID K520	Workstation Used in	Q4 2013 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro P600	Workstation Used in	Q2 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1354 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1354 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	40 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K5100M	Workstation Used in	Q1 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	771 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		771 MHz Core Clock	8192 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Tesla C2070	Workstation Used in	Q2 2013 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	575 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		575 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	238 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W7170M	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	GRID K280Q	Workstation Used in	Q1 2015 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	FirePro M6100 FireGL V	Workstation Used in	Q1 2017 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro K1200	Workstation Used in	Q2 2015 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1058 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1058 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	45 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W5000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W5100	Workstation Used in	Q4 2014 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro 6000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2010 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	574 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		574 MHz Core Clock	6144 MB Memory	204 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K4000	Workstation Used in	Q4 2012 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	810 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		810 MHz Core Clock	3072 MB Memory	80 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro V9800	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched			4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation			4096 MB Memory	225 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K4100M	Workstation Used in	Q4 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	GRID K2	Workstation Used in	Q3 2013 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	Quadro K5000M	Workstation Used in	Q3 2012 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		706 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	100 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro W4300	Workstation Used in	Q1 2016 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		930 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	FirePro 3D V8800	Workstation Used in	Q3 2010 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		825 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	208 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro WX 3100	Workstation Used in	Q3 2017 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1219 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1219 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	50 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Radeon Pro	Workstation Used in	Q3 2021 Launched				Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation
	FirePro V7900	Workstation Used in	Q3 2011 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	725 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		725 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	150 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K3100M	Workstation Used in	Q4 2013 Launched	PCIe 3.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	680 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		680 MHz Core Clock	4096 MB Memory	75 W Thermal Design Power TDP
	Quadro K620	Workstation Used in	Q3 2014 Launched	PCIe 2.0 x16 Motherboard Bus	1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	Bottleneck calculation

Bottleneck calculation		1000 MHz Core Clock	2048 MB Memory	45 W Thermal Design Power TDP

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Average frames per second

Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can run games with frames per second ranging from 58.5 FPS up to 146.2 FPS depending on game settings with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution.

On ultra settings this processor can achieve on average around 58.5 FPS
On high settings this processor can achieve on average around 93.6 FPS
On medium settings this processor can achieve on average around 117.0 FPS
On low settings this processor can achieve on average around 146.2 FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Frames per second calculator

Game Grand Theft Auto V

Screen Resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p))

Processor Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850

Number of frames per second for Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 processor in Grand Theft Auto V game with 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) resolution. When there isn't bottleneck in configuration, Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can achieve from 89.6 FPS up to 336.0 FPS frames per second while running Grand Theft Auto V game.

On ultra settings Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can achieve from 89.6 FPS up to 134.4 FPS , with average around 112.0 FPS .
On high settings Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can achieve from 143.3 FPS up to 215.0 FPS , with average around 179.2 FPS .
On medium settings Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can achieve from 179.1 FPS up to 268.8 FPS , with average around 224.0 FPS .
On low settings Intel Core2 Extreme Q6850 can achieve from 223.9 FPS up to 336.0 FPS , with average around 280.0 FPS .

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Component specifications

Predicted component performance

Compatible graphic cards

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GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Radeon HD 7790

Radeon R7 360

GeForce GTX 470

Radeon R7 260X

Radeon RX 560X

Radeon HD 6970

Radeon R7 260

Radeon HD 6990

Radeon R9 360

Radeon RX 550

GeForce GTX 560

GeForce GTX 465

Radeon HD 8950

GeForce GT 1030

GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Radeon HD 6950

Radeon HD 5970

GeForce GTX 460

Radeon RX 550X

Radeon HD 6870

Radeon HD 5870

Radeon HD 7770

GeForce GTX 745

GRID K520

Quadro P600

Quadro K5100M

Tesla C2070

FirePro W7170M

GRID K280Q

FirePro M6100 FireGL V

Quadro K1200

FirePro W5000

FirePro W5100

Quadro 6000

Quadro K4000

FirePro V9800

Quadro K4100M

GRID K2

Quadro K5000M

FirePro W4300

FirePro 3D V8800

Radeon Pro WX 3100

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FirePro V7900

Quadro K3100M

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