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General information Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 33526 0 % 30055 10.4 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 816 35.4 %
Single Thread Score 1514.5 0 % 1314.4 13.2 %
Encrypting Data 2905 MB/s 0 % 1846.4 MB/s 36.4 %
Compressing Data 40.2 MB/s 0 % 26.1 MB/s 35 %
String objects sorting 6117.4 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 40.4 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 16.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9463 millions/s 0 % 5365.7 millions/s 43.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3602.6 millions/s 0 % 3258.3 millions/s 9.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 108.7 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %

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 i3-2120 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 103.5 FPS
High settings 175.4 FPS 165.6 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 207.0 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 258.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %
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