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General information Core i3-8100 Core i5-2550K
Launched Q4 2017 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151-2 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Coffee Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 5.6 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i3-8100 Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 44598 0 % 40433 9.3 %
Future Proof 62 % 0 % 28 % 54.8 %
Benchmark Score 3956 0 % 2673 32.4 %
Single Thread Score 2211.1 0 % 1753.2 20.7 %
Encrypting Data 1812.1 MB/s 0 % 1049.3 MB/s 42.1 %
Compressing Data 81 MB/s 0 % 66 MB/s 18.5 %
String objects sorting 10249.2 thousand/s 0 % 8943.1 thousand/s 12.7 %
Prime numbers generation 27.7 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 6.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16401 millions/s 0 % 14481.9 millions/s 11.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 13756.8 millions/s 0 % 7434.6 millions/s 46 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-8100, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i3-8100 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 87.2 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 139.5 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 174.4 FPS 149.6 FPS
Low settings 218.0 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.2 %

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 i3-8100 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.2 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 206.7 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 258.3 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 322.9 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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