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General information Core i5-661 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 87 W 0 % 65 W 25.3 %
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 i5-661 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 35534 0 % 30054 15.4 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 10 % 41.2 %
Benchmark Score 1594 0 % 816 48.8 %
Single Thread Score 1444.4 0 % 1321 8.5 %
Encrypting Data 3622.1 MB/s 0 % 1855.5 MB/s 48.8 %
Compressing Data 37.5 MB/s 0 % 25.9 MB/s 31 %
String objects sorting 5279.3 thousand/s 0 % 3606.9 thousand/s 31.7 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 9.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9472.5 millions/s 0 % 5419.8 millions/s 42.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3972 millions/s 0 % 3255.1 millions/s 18.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-661, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i5-661 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 96.4 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 120.5 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 150.6 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.9 %

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 i5-661 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.2 FPS 103.5 FPS
High settings 181.0 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 226.3 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 282.9 FPS 258.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.5 %
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