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General information Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 8.6 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 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 Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 35436 0 % 30055 15.2 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 1577 0 % 816 48.3 %
Single Thread Score 1845.5 0 % 1314.4 28.8 %
Encrypting Data 3622.4 MB/s 0 % 1846.4 MB/s 49 %
Compressing Data 47.5 MB/s 0 % 26.1 MB/s 45 %
String objects sorting 6795.3 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 46.4 %
Prime numbers generation 13.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 27.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10702.6 millions/s 0 % 5365.7 millions/s 49.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5394 millions/s 0 % 3258.3 millions/s 39.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3250, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.0 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 95.9 FPS 70.5 FPS
Medium settings 119.9 FPS 88.1 FPS
Low settings 149.9 FPS 110.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.5 %

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 i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 103.5 FPS
High settings 180.8 FPS 165.6 FPS
Medium settings 226.0 FPS 207.0 FPS
Low settings 282.5 FPS 258.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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