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Intel logo Core i5-6500
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General information Core i5-6500 Core i3-2120
Launched Q3 2015 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
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 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-6500 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 43679 0 % 33526 23.2 %
Future Proof 49 % 0 % 23 % 53.1 %
Benchmark Score 3640 0 % 1263 65.3 %
Single Thread Score 2103.7 0 % 1517 27.9 %
Encrypting Data 1665.7 MB/s 42.8 % 2910.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 74.8 MB/s 0 % 40.7 MB/s 45.6 %
String objects sorting 9472.5 thousand/s 0 % 6105.2 thousand/s 35.5 %
Prime numbers generation 27.8 millions/s 0 % 12.1 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14563.7 millions/s 0 % 9549.2 millions/s 34.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 12430.1 millions/s 0 % 3641.5 millions/s 70.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-6500, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i5-6500 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 84.4 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 135.1 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 168.8 FPS 108.8 FPS
Low settings 211.1 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 35.6 %

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 i5-6500 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.5 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 204.1 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 255.1 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 318.9 FPS 274.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 14 %
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