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General information Core i3-530 Athlon II X2 250
Launched Q1 2010 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1156 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Clarkdale Regor
Clock 2.9 GHz 3.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-530 Athlon II X2 250
Overall Score 31350 0 % 29294 6.6 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 13 % 23.5 %
Benchmark Score 966 0 % 736 23.8 %
Single Thread Score 1176.5 0 % 1167.4 0.8 %
Encrypting Data 2192.1 MB/s 0 % 1666.2 MB/s 24 %
Compressing Data 31.2 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 21.8 %
String objects sorting 4332.2 thousand/s 0 % 3152.2 thousand/s 27.2 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 50.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7830.2 millions/s 0 % 3393.2 millions/s 56.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3365.7 millions/s 0 % 2539 millions/s 24.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-530, Athlon II X2 250.

Average frames per second Core i3-530 Athlon II X2 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 47.9 FPS 42.0 FPS
High settings 76.7 FPS 67.1 FPS
Medium settings 95.8 FPS 83.9 FPS
Low settings 119.8 FPS 104.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.4 %

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 i3-530 Athlon II X2 250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.7 FPS 102.1 FPS
High settings 169.2 FPS 163.4 FPS
Medium settings 211.5 FPS 204.3 FPS
Low settings 264.4 FPS 255.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.4 %
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