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General information Core i5-3550S Core i3-6100
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Skylake-S
Clock 3 GHz 18.9 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 51 W 21.5 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 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 2500 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-3550S Core i3-6100
Overall Score 41157 0 % 40465 1.7 %
Future Proof 30 % 40 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2869 0 % 2681 6.6 %
Single Thread Score 1977.8 9.6 % 2187.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 1074.9 MB/s 21.6 % 1370.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 67.9 MB/s 0 % 55.6 MB/s 18.1 %
String objects sorting 8888.3 thousand/s 0 % 7244.9 thousand/s 18.5 %
Prime numbers generation 29.1 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 52.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14421.5 millions/s 0 % 12536.6 millions/s 13.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10605.7 millions/s 0 % 7734.8 millions/s 27.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550S, Core i3-6100.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550S Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.0 FPS 74.9 FPS
High settings 123.1 FPS 119.9 FPS
Medium settings 153.9 FPS 149.8 FPS
Low settings 192.4 FPS 187.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.6 %

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 i5-3550S Core i3-6100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.1 FPS 121.9 FPS
High settings 197.0 FPS 195.0 FPS
Medium settings 246.2 FPS 243.8 FPS
Low settings 307.7 FPS 304.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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