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General information Core i5-8400 Core i3-2120
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.8 GHz 15.2 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 9 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-8400 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 49425 0 % 33526 32.2 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 23 % 62.9 %
Benchmark Score 5967 0 % 1263 78.8 %
Single Thread Score 2363.9 0 % 1514.5 35.9 %
Encrypting Data 2773.1 MB/s 4.5 % 2905 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 128.6 MB/s 0 % 40.2 MB/s 68.8 %
String objects sorting 16080.2 thousand/s 0 % 6117.4 thousand/s 62 %
Prime numbers generation 37 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 67.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 25583.3 millions/s 0 % 9463 millions/s 63 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 21851.8 millions/s 0 % 3602.6 millions/s 83.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-8400, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i5-8400 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 101.5 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 162.3 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 202.9 FPS 108.7 FPS
Low settings 253.7 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.4 %

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 i5-8400 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 137.8 FPS 109.6 FPS
High settings 220.4 FPS 175.4 FPS
Medium settings 275.5 FPS 219.3 FPS
Low settings 344.4 FPS 274.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.4 %
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