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General information Core i5-2500 Core i3-2100T
Launched Q4 2010 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 35 W 63.2 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-2500 Core i3-2100T
Overall Score 40411 0 % 31318 22.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 8.7 % 23 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2667 0 % 962 63.9 %
Single Thread Score 1698.5 0 % 1083.7 36.2 %
Encrypting Data 1034.7 MB/s 52.6 % 2183.6 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.9 MB/s 0 % 29.8 MB/s 54.8 %
String objects sorting 9121.4 thousand/s 0 % 4599.2 thousand/s 49.6 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 58.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14655.3 millions/s 0 % 6742 millions/s 54 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7487.3 millions/s 0 % 2760.1 millions/s 63.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, Core i3-2100T.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 Core i3-2100T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 47.8 FPS
High settings 119.6 FPS 76.5 FPS
Medium settings 149.5 FPS 95.6 FPS
Low settings 186.9 FPS 119.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 36 %

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 i5-2500 Core i3-2100T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 105.8 FPS
High settings 194.8 FPS 169.2 FPS
Medium settings 243.5 FPS 211.5 FPS
Low settings 304.4 FPS 264.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.1 %
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