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General information Core i5-3550 Core i3-2125
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 65 W 15.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 3000
Performance Core i5-3550 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 41987 0 % 34066 18.9 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 26 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 3108 0 % 1347 56.7 %
Single Thread Score 2007 0 % 1574.7 21.5 %
Encrypting Data 1227.3 MB/s 59.8 % 3053.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 74 MB/s 0 % 43 MB/s 41.9 %
String objects sorting 9436.2 thousand/s 0 % 6538.5 thousand/s 30.7 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 52.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15259.7 millions/s 0 % 10056 millions/s 34.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11270.3 millions/s 0 % 3771.2 millions/s 66.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.4 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 127.1 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 158.8 FPS 111.8 FPS
Low settings 198.5 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.6 %

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 i5-3550 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.6 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 199.3 FPS 177.0 FPS
Medium settings 249.1 FPS 221.3 FPS
Low settings 311.4 FPS 276.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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