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General information A8-5600K Core i3-2100
Launched Q4 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2 LGA1155
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Trinity Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 65 W 35 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 4 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Radeon HD 7560D Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance A8-5600K Core i3-2100
Overall Score 36841 0 % 33058 10.3 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 23 % 30.3 %
Benchmark Score 1842 0 % 1194 35.2 %
Single Thread Score 1430.4 0 % 1413.8 1.2 %
Encrypting Data 4244 MB/s 0 % 2745.9 MB/s 35.3 %
Compressing Data 46.9 MB/s 0 % 38.2 MB/s 18.5 %
String objects sorting 6022.5 thousand/s 0 % 5825.6 thousand/s 3.3 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 9.3 % 12.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18962.7 millions/s 0 % 8873.5 millions/s 53.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4997.8 millions/s 0 % 3378.6 millions/s 32.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5600K, Core i3-2100.

Average frames per second A8-5600K Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.2 FPS 53.0 FPS
High settings 102.7 FPS 84.8 FPS
Medium settings 128.4 FPS 105.9 FPS
Low settings 160.5 FPS 132.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.5 %

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 A8-5600K Core i3-2100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.5 FPS 108.9 FPS
High settings 184.8 FPS 174.2 FPS
Medium settings 231.0 FPS 217.8 FPS
Low settings 288.8 FPS 272.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.8 %
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