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General information Core i5-661 Core i3-2125
Launched Q1 2010 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Clarkdale Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 87 W 0 % 65 W 25.3 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 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 × 4 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i5-661 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 35534 0 % 34066 4.1 %
Future Proof 17 % 34.6 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1594 0 % 1347 15.5 %
Single Thread Score 1441.6 8 % 1566.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3654.9 MB/s 0 % 3087.3 MB/s 15.5 %
Compressing Data 37.6 MB/s 11.6 % 42.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5289.8 thousand/s 19 % 6531.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 21.9 % 14.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9491.5 millions/s 5.5 % 10045.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3972 millions/s 0 % 3775 millions/s 5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-661, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i5-661 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.3 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 96.4 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 120.5 FPS 111.8 FPS
Low settings 150.6 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.2 %

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 i5-661 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.2 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 181.0 FPS 176.9 FPS
Medium settings 226.3 FPS 221.1 FPS
Low settings 282.9 FPS 276.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %
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