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General information Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E7200
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 Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E7200
Overall Score 33526 0 % 28328 15.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 644 49 %
Single Thread Score 1514.5 0 % 1059 30.1 %
Encrypting Data 2905 MB/s 0 % 1474.9 MB/s 49.2 %
Compressing Data 40.2 MB/s 0 % 21 MB/s 47.7 %
String objects sorting 6117.4 thousand/s 0 % 2836 thousand/s 53.6 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 58.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9463 millions/s 0 % 4351 millions/s 54 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3602.6 millions/s 0 % 2613.4 millions/s 27.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Core2 Duo E7200.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Core2 Duo E7200
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 108.7 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 98.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %

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 E7200
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 175.4 FPS 160.7 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 200.9 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 251.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.4 %
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