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General information Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E6700
Launched Q2 2010 Q1 2010
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 % 2.7 GHz 15.6 %
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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E6700
Overall Score 31921 0 % 28285 11.4 %
Future Proof 18 % 0 % 17 % 5.6 %
Benchmark Score 1038 0 % 640 38.3 %
Single Thread Score 1323.6 0 % 1032.2 22 %
Encrypting Data 2356.8 MB/s 0 % 1448.4 MB/s 38.5 %
Compressing Data 34.3 MB/s 0 % 21.3 MB/s 37.9 %
String objects sorting 4810.4 thousand/s 0 % 2999 thousand/s 37.7 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 39.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8476 millions/s 0 % 4009 millions/s 52.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3658 millions/s 0 % 2182 millions/s 40.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-550, Core2 Duo E6700.

Average frames per second Core i3-550 Core2 Duo E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 49.6 FPS 39.4 FPS
High settings 79.4 FPS 63.0 FPS
Medium settings 99.3 FPS 78.8 FPS
Low settings 124.1 FPS 98.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.6 %

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 i3-550 Core2 Duo E6700
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.8 FPS 100.4 FPS
High settings 170.9 FPS 160.6 FPS
Medium settings 213.6 FPS 200.8 FPS
Low settings 267.1 FPS 251.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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