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General information Core i3-6100 Core i5-2550K
Launched Q4 2015 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1151 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-S Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 8.1 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 46.3 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-6100 Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 40561 0 % 40419 0.4 %
Future Proof 50 % 0 % 28 % 44 %
Benchmark Score 2707 0 % 2669 1.4 %
Single Thread Score 2178.9 0 % 1762.3 19.1 %
Encrypting Data 1383.6 MB/s 0 % 1029.1 MB/s 25.6 %
Compressing Data 55.7 MB/s 13.8 % 64.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 7343.5 thousand/s 18.3 % 8989.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 44.1 % 25 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12685.1 millions/s 12.5 % 14495.5 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7788.4 millions/s 0 % 7454.3 millions/s 4.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-6100, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i3-6100 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 74.4 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 119.0 FPS
Medium settings 149.7 FPS 148.8 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 186.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.6 %

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 i3-6100 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 121.5 FPS
High settings 194.8 FPS 194.4 FPS
Medium settings 243.5 FPS 243.0 FPS
Low settings 304.4 FPS 303.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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