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General information Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6850
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 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
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 E6850
Overall Score 33526 0 % 29158 13 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 723 42.8 %
Single Thread Score 1494.9 0 % 1171.7 21.6 %
Encrypting Data 2870.3 MB/s 0 % 1655.5 MB/s 42.3 %
Compressing Data 40.4 MB/s 0 % 24.1 MB/s 40.3 %
String objects sorting 6092.9 thousand/s 0 % 3378.2 thousand/s 44.6 %
Prime numbers generation 12.1 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 50.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9426.1 millions/s 0 % 4568.3 millions/s 51.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3612.5 millions/s 0 % 2449 millions/s 32.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Core2 Duo E6850.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 41.6 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 66.5 FPS
Medium settings 108.8 FPS 83.2 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 104.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.5 %

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 E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.7 FPS 102.0 FPS
High settings 175.5 FPS 163.2 FPS
Medium settings 219.4 FPS 204.0 FPS
Low settings 274.2 FPS 255.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 7 %
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