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General information Core i3-3210 Core i3-2120
Launched Q1 2013 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 3.2 GHz 3 % 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 No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i3-3210 Core i3-2120
Overall Score 34701 0 % 33603 3.2 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 23 % 32.4 %
Benchmark Score 1450 0 % 1275 12.1 %
Single Thread Score 1695.8 0 % 1516 10.6 %
Encrypting Data 3131.2 MB/s 0 % 2753.3 MB/s 12.1 %
Compressing Data 44.4 MB/s 0 % 40.3 MB/s 9.4 %
String objects sorting 6128.6 thousand/s 0.1 % 6133.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 11.9 millions/s 8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9565.6 millions/s 0 % 9383.3 millions/s 1.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5020.9 millions/s 0 % 3630.6 millions/s 27.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3210, Core i3-2120.

Average frames per second Core i3-3210 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 57.5 FPS 54.3 FPS
High settings 92.0 FPS 86.9 FPS
Medium settings 115.1 FPS 108.6 FPS
Low settings 143.8 FPS 135.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %

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 i3-3210 Core i3-2120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 111.4 FPS 109.5 FPS
High settings 178.3 FPS 175.2 FPS
Medium settings 222.9 FPS 219.0 FPS
Low settings 278.6 FPS 273.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.7 %
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