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General information Core i5-2500 FX-4170
Launched Q4 2010 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i5 AMD FX
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Zambezi
Clock 3.3 GHz 21.4 % 4.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 14 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 24 % 125 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2500 FX-4170
Overall Score 40411 0 % 37424 7.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 25 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2667 0 % 1962 26.4 %
Single Thread Score 1715.5 0 % 1453.8 15.3 %
Encrypting Data 1032.6 MB/s 76.8 % 4456.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66.3 MB/s 0 % 49.4 MB/s 25.4 %
String objects sorting 9048.9 thousand/s 0 % 6474.9 thousand/s 28.4 %
Prime numbers generation 24.1 millions/s 0 % 18.2 millions/s 24.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14539 millions/s 0 % 10418.9 millions/s 28.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7390.4 millions/s 0 % 5406 millions/s 26.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, FX-4170.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 65.9 FPS
High settings 119.6 FPS 105.4 FPS
Medium settings 149.5 FPS 131.7 FPS
Low settings 186.9 FPS 164.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.9 %

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 i5-2500 FX-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 116.4 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 186.3 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 232.9 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 291.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.3 %
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