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General information Core i3-2100 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 3.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2100 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 33057 0 % 29678 10.2 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1194 0 % 776 35 %
Single Thread Score 1427.9 0 % 1235.8 13.5 %
Encrypting Data 2729.5 MB/s 0 % 1780.5 MB/s 34.8 %
Compressing Data 38.3 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 36.3 %
String objects sorting 5773.3 thousand/s 0 % 3360.7 thousand/s 41.8 %
Prime numbers generation 11.9 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 23.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8855.6 millions/s 0 % 5215.1 millions/s 41.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3368.4 millions/s 0 % 3038.6 millions/s 9.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2100, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i3-2100 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.0 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 84.7 FPS 68.7 FPS
Medium settings 105.9 FPS 85.9 FPS
Low settings 132.4 FPS 107.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.9 %

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 i3-2100 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.8 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 174.1 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 217.7 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 272.1 FPS 257.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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