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General information Core i5-3450 Core i3-2120
Launched Q2 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 6.1 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 65 W 15.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 2500 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-3450 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 41294 0 % 33522 18.8 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 23 % 23.3 %
Benchmark Score 2908 0 % 1263 56.6 %
Single Thread Score 1883.2 0 % 1496.4 20.5 %
Encrypting Data 1133.5 MB/s 61.1 % 2912.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 68.9 MB/s 0 % 40.4 MB/s 41.3 %
String objects sorting 8797 thousand/s 0 % 6184 thousand/s 29.7 %
Prime numbers generation 28.3 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 57.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14445.2 millions/s 0 % 9385.3 millions/s 35 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10407.6 millions/s 0 % 3616.1 millions/s 65.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3450, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i5-3450 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 77.3 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 123.7 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 154.7 FPS 108.7 FPS
Low settings 193.3 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.7 %

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 i5-3450 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.3 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 197.3 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 246.6 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 308.3 FPS 274.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.1 %
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