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General information Core i7-3820 Core i5-6500
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA2011 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge-E Skylake-S
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 5.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 14 nm 56.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 10 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-3820 Core i5-6500
Overall Score 44025 0 % 43791 0.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 42.9 % 49 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3757 0 % 3678 2.1 %
Single Thread Score 1733.3 18.2 % 2119.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 1728.7 MB/s 0 % 1667.3 MB/s 3.6 %
Compressing Data 92.4 MB/s 0 % 75.9 MB/s 17.9 %
String objects sorting 13858.2 thousand/s 0 % 9493 thousand/s 31.5 %
Prime numbers generation 28.2 millions/s 0 % 27.9 millions/s 0.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21783.5 millions/s 0 % 14778.5 millions/s 32.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8239.4 millions/s 34.2 % 12519.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-3820, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i7-3820 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 85.1 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 136.1 FPS 135.0 FPS
Medium settings 170.2 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 212.7 FPS 211.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 i7-3820 Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.9 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 204.6 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 255.7 FPS 254.9 FPS
Low settings 319.6 FPS 318.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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