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General information Core i5-2300 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 2.8 GHz 6.7 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 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 No No
Performance Core i5-2300 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 38561 0 % 29678 23 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 2211 0 % 776 64.9 %
Single Thread Score 1432.4 0 % 1235.8 13.7 %
Encrypting Data 5033.9 MB/s 0 % 1780.5 MB/s 64.6 %
Compressing Data 55.3 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 55.8 %
String objects sorting 7752.5 thousand/s 0 % 3360.7 thousand/s 56.7 %
Prime numbers generation 21.8 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 58.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12274.1 millions/s 0 % 5215.1 millions/s 57.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6348.6 millions/s 0 % 3038.6 millions/s 52.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2300, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-2300 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 110.8 FPS 68.7 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 85.9 FPS
Low settings 173.2 FPS 107.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 38 %

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 i5-2300 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 189.6 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 237.0 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 296.3 FPS 257.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.2 %
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