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General information Core i5-661 Athlon II X2 255
Launched Q1 2010 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1156 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i5 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Clarkdale Regor
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
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
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 i5-661 Athlon II X2 255
Overall Score 35534 0 % 29491 17 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1594 0 % 756 52.6 %
Single Thread Score 1451.7 0 % 1240.2 14.6 %
Encrypting Data 3643.7 MB/s 0 % 1737.4 MB/s 52.3 %
Compressing Data 37.7 MB/s 0 % 25.8 MB/s 31.7 %
String objects sorting 5305.6 thousand/s 0 % 3273.6 thousand/s 38.3 %
Prime numbers generation 11.1 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 45.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9519.9 millions/s 0 % 3427.9 millions/s 64 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3988 millions/s 0 % 2498 millions/s 37.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-661, Athlon II X2 255.

Average frames per second Core i5-661 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 96.4 FPS 68.0 FPS
Medium settings 120.5 FPS 85.0 FPS
Low settings 150.6 FPS 106.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.5 %

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 i5-661 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.2 FPS 102.6 FPS
High settings 181.2 FPS 164.1 FPS
Medium settings 226.5 FPS 205.1 FPS
Low settings 283.1 FPS 256.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %
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