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General information Core i5-2500 Core i5-3330
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 13.5 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 77 W 18.9 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i5-2500 Core i5-3330
Overall Score 40520 0 % 40426 0.2 %
Future Proof 21 % 36.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2696 0 % 2671 0.9 %
Single Thread Score 1696.8 0.7 % 1708 0 %
Encrypting Data 1039.9 MB/s 81.9 % 5750.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.2 MB/s 0 % 62.4 MB/s 4.4 %
String objects sorting 9088.1 thousand/s 0 % 7972.5 thousand/s 12.3 %
Prime numbers generation 23.9 millions/s 8.6 % 26.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14601.2 millions/s 0 % 13035 millions/s 10.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7399.8 millions/s 22.2 % 9506.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500, Core i5-3330.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500 Core i5-3330
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.7 FPS 74.4 FPS
High settings 119.5 FPS 119.1 FPS
Medium settings 149.4 FPS 148.9 FPS
Low settings 186.8 FPS 186.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 i5-2500 Core i5-3330
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.7 FPS 121.5 FPS
High settings 194.7 FPS 194.4 FPS
Medium settings 243.4 FPS 243.0 FPS
Low settings 304.2 FPS 303.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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