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General information Core i5-2500 Core i3-2105
Launched Q4 2010 Q3 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 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
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 3000
Performance Core i5-2500 Core i3-2105
Overall Score 40411 0 % 32895 18.6 %
Future Proof 21 % 19.2 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2667 0 % 1171 56.1 %
Single Thread Score 1698.5 0 % 1416.2 16.6 %
Encrypting Data 1039.9 MB/s 61.2 % 2681.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66.4 MB/s 0 % 36.6 MB/s 44.9 %
String objects sorting 9130.5 thousand/s 0 % 5770.1 thousand/s 36.8 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 50.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14408.1 millions/s 0 % 8420.6 millions/s 41.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7390.4 millions/s 0 % 3334.5 millions/s 54.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, Core i3-2105.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 Core i3-2105
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 119.6 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 149.5 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 186.9 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.8 %

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 i3-2105
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 108.5 FPS
High settings 194.8 FPS 173.6 FPS
Medium settings 243.5 FPS 217.0 FPS
Low settings 304.4 FPS 271.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.9 %
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