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General information Core i7-960 Core i3-2100
Launched Q4 2009 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 3.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
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 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-960 Core i3-2100
Overall Score 38314 0 % 33057 13.7 %
Future Proof 15 % 34.8 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2155 0 % 1194 44.6 %
Single Thread Score 1450.7 0 % 1413.8 2.5 %
Encrypting Data 4910.2 MB/s 0 % 2745.6 MB/s 44.1 %
Compressing Data 71.9 MB/s 0 % 38.3 MB/s 46.8 %
String objects sorting 9942.5 thousand/s 0 % 5796.6 thousand/s 41.7 %
Prime numbers generation 22.9 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 48 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17839.8 millions/s 0 % 8927.1 millions/s 50 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7676.9 millions/s 0 % 3399 millions/s 55.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 53.0 FPS
High settings 109.7 FPS 84.7 FPS
Medium settings 137.1 FPS 105.9 FPS
Low settings 171.3 FPS 132.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.7 %

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 i7-960 Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 108.8 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 174.1 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 217.7 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 272.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.8 %
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