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General information Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q2 2010 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Clarkdale Conroe
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 25 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 31921 0 % 27346 14.3 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 10 % 44.4 %
Benchmark Score 1038 0 % 559 46.1 %
Single Thread Score 1345 0 % 935.1 30.5 %
Encrypting Data 2361.5 MB/s 0 % 1280.9 MB/s 45.8 %
Compressing Data 34.2 MB/s 0 % 18.9 MB/s 44.8 %
String objects sorting 4820 thousand/s 0 % 2589 thousand/s 46.3 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 70.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8509.9 millions/s 0 % 3558.1 millions/s 58.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3680 millions/s 0 % 2000 millions/s 45.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-550, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 49.6 FPS 37.3 FPS
High settings 79.4 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 99.3 FPS 74.6 FPS
Low settings 124.1 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 24.9 %

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 i3-550 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.8 FPS 98.8 FPS
High settings 170.9 FPS 158.0 FPS
Medium settings 213.6 FPS 197.5 FPS
Low settings 267.1 FPS 246.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.6 %
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