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General information Core i5-2500S Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Clock 2.7 GHz 15.6 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Performance Core i5-2500S Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 38427 0 % 29989 22 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2180 0 % 809 62.9 %
Single Thread Score 1647.7 0 % 1327.6 19.4 %
Encrypting Data 5005.5 MB/s 0 % 1864.3 MB/s 62.8 %
Compressing Data 54.5 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 52.3 %
String objects sorting 7247.9 thousand/s 0 % 3592.4 thousand/s 50.4 %
Prime numbers generation 22.2 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 55.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 11687.8 millions/s 0 % 5392.8 millions/s 53.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6083.3 millions/s 0 % 3264.9 millions/s 46.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500S, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500S Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.9 FPS 44.0 FPS
High settings 110.3 FPS 70.4 FPS
Medium settings 137.9 FPS 88.0 FPS
Low settings 172.4 FPS 109.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.2 %

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 i5-2500S Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.6 FPS 103.5 FPS
High settings 189.8 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 237.2 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 296.6 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.7 %
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