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General information Core i3-2120 Pentium E6500
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 12.1 %
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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120 Pentium E6500
Overall Score 33526 0 % 29390 12.3 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 15 % 34.8 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 746 40.9 %
Single Thread Score 1518.6 0 % 1240 18.3 %
Encrypting Data 2907.4 MB/s 0 % 1686.4 MB/s 42 %
Compressing Data 40.6 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 39.8 %
String objects sorting 6178.9 thousand/s 0 % 3340.7 thousand/s 45.9 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 58.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9370.4 millions/s 0 % 5260.2 millions/s 43.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3613.5 millions/s 0 % 3053.8 millions/s 15.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Pentium E6500.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Pentium E6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 42.2 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 67.5 FPS
Medium settings 108.8 FPS 84.4 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 105.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.4 %

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 Pentium E6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 102.3 FPS
High settings 175.3 FPS 163.6 FPS
Medium settings 219.1 FPS 204.5 FPS
Low settings 273.9 FPS 255.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.6 %
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