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General information Core i5-2500K FX-6120
Launched Q4 2010 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM3+
Series Name Intel Core i5 AMD FX
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Zambezi
Clock 3.3 GHz 5.7 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 9.8 % 4.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 33.3 % 6 0 %
Threads 4 33.3 % 6 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
6 × 16 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
3 × 2 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2500K FX-6120
Overall Score 40500 0 % 39912 1.5 %
Future Proof 21 % 30 % 30 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2690 0 % 2538 5.7 %
Single Thread Score 1682 0 % 1413.2 16 %
Encrypting Data 1038 MB/s 11.8 % 1176.9 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.8 MB/s 0 % 63.8 MB/s 3 %
String objects sorting 9014.9 thousand/s 0 % 8734.1 thousand/s 3.1 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 22.1 millions/s 14.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14398.1 millions/s 0 % 13979.5 millions/s 2.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7466.9 millions/s 0 % 7099.2 millions/s 4.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500K, FX-6120.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500K FX-6120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.3 FPS 72.9 FPS
High settings 119.0 FPS 116.7 FPS
Medium settings 148.7 FPS 145.9 FPS
Low settings 185.9 FPS 182.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %

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 i5-2500K FX-6120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.4 FPS 120.6 FPS
High settings 194.3 FPS 193.0 FPS
Medium settings 242.9 FPS 241.3 FPS
Low settings 303.6 FPS 301.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %
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