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General information Core i3-8100 Core i5-3550
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 15.6 % 77 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 36.4 % 22 nm 0 %
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 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-8100 Core i5-3550
Overall Score 44729 0 % 42092 5.9 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 28 % 54.8 %
Benchmark Score 4003 0 % 3139 21.6 %
Single Thread Score 2221.8 0 % 1995 10.2 %
Encrypting Data 1842.4 MB/s 0 % 1213.9 MB/s 34.1 %
Compressing Data 81.4 MB/s 0 % 73.2 MB/s 10.1 %
String objects sorting 10293.7 thousand/s 0 % 9402.8 thousand/s 8.7 %
Prime numbers generation 27.8 millions/s 4 % 28.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16252.7 millions/s 0 % 15399.6 millions/s 5.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13895.4 millions/s 0 % 11293.7 millions/s 18.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-8100, Core i5-3550.

Average frames per second Core i3-8100 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 87.2 FPS 79.4 FPS
High settings 139.5 FPS 127.0 FPS
Medium settings 174.4 FPS 158.7 FPS
Low settings 218.0 FPS 198.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 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 i3-8100 Core i5-3550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.1 FPS 124.4 FPS
High settings 206.5 FPS 199.1 FPS
Medium settings 258.2 FPS 248.9 FPS
Low settings 322.7 FPS 311.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.6 %
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