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General information Core i7-3820 Core i5-661
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Clarkdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 5.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 87 W 33.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 10 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-3820 Core i5-661
Overall Score 43931 0 % 35534 19.1 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 17 % 39.3 %
Benchmark Score 3725 0 % 1594 57.2 %
Single Thread Score 1745.7 0 % 1430 18.1 %
Encrypting Data 1719.7 MB/s 52.1 % 3589.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 91.9 MB/s 0 % 38 MB/s 58.6 %
String objects sorting 13992 thousand/s 0 % 5274 thousand/s 62.3 %
Prime numbers generation 27.7 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 60.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21935.9 millions/s 0 % 9415.6 millions/s 57.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8183 millions/s 0 % 4024 millions/s 50.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3820, Core i5-661.

Average frames per second Core i7-3820 Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.2 FPS 60.3 FPS
High settings 136.3 FPS 96.4 FPS
Medium settings 170.4 FPS 120.5 FPS
Low settings 213.0 FPS 150.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.3 %

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 i7-3820 Core i5-661
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.8 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 204.5 FPS 180.7 FPS
Medium settings 255.6 FPS 225.9 FPS
Low settings 319.5 FPS 282.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %
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