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General information Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Launched Q1 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 3.3 GHz 13.2 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 51 W 33.8 %
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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Overall Score 42092 0 % 41028 2.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 44 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3139 0 % 2833 9.7 %
Single Thread Score 1995 12.5 % 2280.8 0 %
Encrypting Data 1213.9 MB/s 13.1 % 1396.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 73.2 MB/s 0 % 57.8 MB/s 21 %
String objects sorting 9402.8 thousand/s 0 % 7550.5 thousand/s 19.7 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 15.9 millions/s 45.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15399.6 millions/s 0 % 12985.6 millions/s 15.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11293.7 millions/s 0 % 8119.6 millions/s 28.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550, Core i3-6300.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.4 FPS 76.2 FPS
High settings 127.0 FPS 122.0 FPS
Medium settings 158.7 FPS 152.5 FPS
Low settings 198.4 FPS 190.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.9 %

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 i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.4 FPS 122.6 FPS
High settings 199.1 FPS 196.1 FPS
Medium settings 248.9 FPS 245.1 FPS
Low settings 311.1 FPS 306.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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