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General information Core i3-2120 Athlon II X2 270
Launched Q1 2011 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Regor
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
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 i3-2120 Athlon II X2 270
Overall Score 33526 0 % 30214 9.9 %
Future Proof 23 % 11.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 833 34 %
Single Thread Score 1514.5 0 % 1343.4 11.3 %
Encrypting Data 2905 MB/s 0 % 1918.2 MB/s 34 %
Compressing Data 40.2 MB/s 0 % 27.7 MB/s 31 %
String objects sorting 6117.4 thousand/s 0 % 3608.2 thousand/s 41 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 50.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9463 millions/s 0 % 3886.7 millions/s 58.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3602.6 millions/s 0 % 2932.3 millions/s 18.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Athlon II X2 270.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Athlon II X2 270
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 44.5 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 71.2 FPS
Medium settings 108.7 FPS 89.0 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 111.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.1 %

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 i3-2120 Athlon II X2 270
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 103.8 FPS
High settings 175.4 FPS 166.1 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 207.6 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 259.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.3 %
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