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General information Core i3-2120T Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q3 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 2.6 GHz 13.3 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 W 46.2 % 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2120T Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 31485 0 % 29685 5.7 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 10 % 61.5 %
Benchmark Score 983 0 % 776 21.1 %
Single Thread Score 1153.2 7.3 % 1244.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 2245.9 MB/s 0 % 1772.8 MB/s 21.1 %
Compressing Data 31.6 MB/s 0 % 24.7 MB/s 22 %
String objects sorting 4813.2 thousand/s 0 % 3366.5 thousand/s 30.1 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 9 millions/s 9.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7135.2 millions/s 0 % 5227.5 millions/s 26.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2866.6 millions/s 5.3 % 3028.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120T, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120T Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.3 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 77.3 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 96.6 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 120.8 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %

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 i3-2120T Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 105.9 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 169.5 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 211.9 FPS 205.6 FPS
Low settings 264.9 FPS 257.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 3 %
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