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General information Core i7-965 Core i3-2125
Launched Q4 2008 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Extreme Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
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 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-965 Core i3-2125
Overall Score 38574 0 % 34067 11.7 %
Future Proof 10 % 61.5 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2214 0 % 1347 39.2 %
Single Thread Score 1475 6 % 1568.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 5075.3 MB/s 0 % 3072.2 MB/s 39.5 %
Compressing Data 73.9 MB/s 0 % 42.8 MB/s 42 %
String objects sorting 10110.6 thousand/s 0 % 6499.2 thousand/s 35.7 %
Prime numbers generation 25.2 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 44.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18287.3 millions/s 0 % 10086.2 millions/s 44.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7850.3 millions/s 0 % 3711.3 millions/s 52.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-965, Core i3-2125.

Average frames per second Core i7-965 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 69.3 FPS 55.9 FPS
High settings 110.9 FPS 89.5 FPS
Medium settings 138.6 FPS 111.9 FPS
Low settings 173.3 FPS 139.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.3 %

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 i7-965 Core i3-2125
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.5 FPS 110.6 FPS
High settings 189.7 FPS 177.0 FPS
Medium settings 237.1 FPS 221.3 FPS
Low settings 296.4 FPS 276.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.7 %
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