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General information Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6550
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Conroe
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.3 GHz 30.3 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6550
Overall Score 33526 0 % 27503 18 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 572 54.7 %
Single Thread Score 1518.6 0 % 901.5 40.6 %
Encrypting Data 2907.4 MB/s 0 % 1302.4 MB/s 55.2 %
Compressing Data 40.6 MB/s 0 % 18.8 MB/s 53.8 %
String objects sorting 6178.9 thousand/s 0 % 2608.1 thousand/s 57.8 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 57.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9370.4 millions/s 0 % 3571.7 millions/s 61.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3613.5 millions/s 0 % 1858.1 millions/s 48.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Core2 Duo E6550.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 37.6 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 60.2 FPS
Medium settings 108.8 FPS 75.3 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 94.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.8 %

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 i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 99.0 FPS
High settings 175.3 FPS 158.4 FPS
Medium settings 219.1 FPS 198.0 FPS
Low settings 273.9 FPS 247.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.6 %
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