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General information Core i3-3220 Core i3-2120
Launched Q3 2012 Q1 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i3-3220 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 34771 0 % 33526 3.6 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 23 % 25.8 %
Benchmark Score 1462 0 % 1263 13.6 %
Single Thread Score 1716.6 0 % 1496.4 12.8 %
Encrypting Data 3351.4 MB/s 0 % 2879 MB/s 14.1 %
Compressing Data 44.4 MB/s 0 % 40.5 MB/s 8.7 %
String objects sorting 6261 thousand/s 0 % 6166.6 thousand/s 1.5 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10059.8 millions/s 0 % 9387.3 millions/s 6.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5152.7 millions/s 0 % 3617.1 millions/s 29.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3220, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i3-3220 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.0 FPS 54.4 FPS
High settings 92.8 FPS 87.0 FPS
Medium settings 116.0 FPS 108.7 FPS
Low settings 145.0 FPS 135.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %

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 i3-3220 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.8 FPS 109.6 FPS
High settings 178.9 FPS 175.4 FPS
Medium settings 223.7 FPS 219.3 FPS
Low settings 279.6 FPS 274.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %
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