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General information Core i5-2500K Core i3-2130
Launched Q4 2010 Q3 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 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 3000 Intel HD Graphics 2000
Performance Core i5-2500K Core i3-2130
Overall Score 40396 0 % 33872 16.2 %
Future Proof 21 % 19.2 % 26 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2663 0 % 1316 50.6 %
Single Thread Score 1686.1 0 % 1556.9 7.7 %
Encrypting Data 1045.2 MB/s 65.1 % 2993.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 65.1 MB/s 0 % 42.5 MB/s 34.7 %
String objects sorting 9027 thousand/s 0 % 6384.4 thousand/s 29.3 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 12 millions/s 53.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14506 millions/s 0 % 9864.7 millions/s 32 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7440 millions/s 0 % 3774.8 millions/s 49.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2500K, Core i3-2130.

Average frames per second Core i5-2500K Core i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.7 FPS 55.3 FPS
High settings 119.5 FPS 88.5 FPS
Medium settings 149.4 FPS 110.7 FPS
Low settings 186.8 FPS 138.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.9 %

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 Core i3-2130
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 110.3 FPS
High settings 194.9 FPS 176.4 FPS
Medium settings 243.6 FPS 220.5 FPS
Low settings 304.5 FPS 275.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.5 %
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