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General information Athlon X4 870K Core i3-550
Launched Q1 2016 Q2 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2+ LGA1156
Series Name AMD Athlon X4 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Godavari Clarkdale
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 17.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 28 nm 12.5 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 96 kB Instruction
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Athlon X4 870K Core i3-550
Overall Score 38533 0 % 31916 17.2 %
Future Proof 52 % 0 % 18 % 65.4 %
Benchmark Score 2205 0 % 1038 52.9 %
Single Thread Score 1551.8 0 % 1347.7 13.2 %
Encrypting Data 4994 MB/s 0 % 2371.9 MB/s 52.5 %
Compressing Data 56.3 MB/s 0 % 34 MB/s 39.7 %
String objects sorting 6547.1 thousand/s 0 % 4777.8 thousand/s 27 %
Prime numbers generation 12.1 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 17.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 20025.6 millions/s 0 % 8485.9 millions/s 57.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5573.7 millions/s 0 % 3676.9 millions/s 34 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Athlon X4 870K, Core i3-550.

Average frames per second Athlon X4 870K Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.2 FPS 49.6 FPS
High settings 110.7 FPS 79.4 FPS
Medium settings 138.4 FPS 99.2 FPS
Low settings 173.0 FPS 124.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.3 %

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 Athlon X4 870K Core i3-550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 106.8 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 170.9 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 213.7 FPS
Low settings 296.2 FPS 267.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.8 %
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