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General information Core i3-8100 Core i3-2120
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
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 Yes No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i3-8100 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 44604 0 % 33526 24.8 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 23 % 62.9 %
Benchmark Score 3958 0 % 1263 68.1 %
Single Thread Score 2201 0 % 1494.9 32.1 %
Encrypting Data 1834.9 MB/s 36.1 % 2870.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 82 MB/s 0 % 40.4 MB/s 50.7 %
String objects sorting 10316.9 thousand/s 0 % 6092.9 thousand/s 40.9 %
Prime numbers generation 27.8 millions/s 0 % 12.1 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16247.1 millions/s 0 % 9426.1 millions/s 42 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13863.5 millions/s 0 % 3612.5 millions/s 73.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-8100, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i3-8100 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 87.2 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 139.5 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 174.4 FPS 108.8 FPS
Low settings 218.0 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.6 %

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 i3-8100 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.2 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 206.7 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 258.4 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 322.9 FPS 274.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.1 %
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