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General information Core i3-2120 Phenom II X2 550
Launched Q1 2011 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM2+
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Phenom II X2
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Callisto
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 18.8 % 80 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 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120 Phenom II X2 550
Overall Score 33526 0 % 29415 12.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 13 % 43.5 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 749 40.7 %
Single Thread Score 1517 0 % 1217 19.8 %
Encrypting Data 2910.4 MB/s 0 % 1714.5 MB/s 41.1 %
Compressing Data 40.7 MB/s 0 % 25 MB/s 38.6 %
String objects sorting 6105.2 thousand/s 0 % 3255 thousand/s 46.7 %
Prime numbers generation 12.1 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 33.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9549.2 millions/s 0 % 3242.9 millions/s 66 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3641.5 millions/s 0 % 2606.3 millions/s 28.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Phenom II X2 550.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 42.3 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 67.6 FPS
Medium settings 108.8 FPS 84.5 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 105.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.3 %

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 i3-2120 Phenom II X2 550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 102.5 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 163.9 FPS
Medium settings 219.4 FPS 204.9 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 256.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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