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General information Core i5-2500 Core i3-4170
Launched Q4 2010 Q2 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1150
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Haswell Refresh
Clock 3.3 GHz 10.8 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 54 W 43.2 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics 4400
Performance Core i5-2500 Core i3-4170
Overall Score 40520 0 % 39138 3.4 %
Future Proof 21 % 55.3 % 47 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2696 0 % 2346 13 %
Single Thread Score 1696.8 18.2 % 2075.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 1039.9 MB/s 79.2 % 4996.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.2 MB/s 0 % 51.5 MB/s 21 %
String objects sorting 9088.1 thousand/s 0 % 7254.7 thousand/s 20.2 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 15.1 millions/s 36.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14601.2 millions/s 0 % 12537.4 millions/s 14.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7399.8 millions/s 0 % 6252.3 millions/s 15.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, Core i3-4170.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.7 FPS 70.6 FPS
High settings 119.5 FPS 113.0 FPS
Medium settings 149.4 FPS 141.3 FPS
Low settings 186.8 FPS 176.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %

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 i5-2500 Core i3-4170
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 119.2 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 190.8 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 238.5 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 298.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %
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