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General information Core i5-3570S Core i5-2550K
Launched Q3 2012 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 8.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 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 No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-3570S Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 41569 0 % 40434 2.7 %
Future Proof 31 % 0 % 28 % 9.7 %
Benchmark Score 2986 0 % 2673 10.5 %
Single Thread Score 1982 0 % 1737.5 12.3 %
Encrypting Data 1146.9 MB/s 0 % 1049.3 MB/s 8.5 %
Compressing Data 70.2 MB/s 0 % 65.7 MB/s 6.4 %
String objects sorting 8818.9 thousand/s 2.5 % 9041.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 29 millions/s 0 % 25.7 millions/s 11.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15033.3 millions/s 0 % 14481.9 millions/s 3.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10791 millions/s 0 % 7412.1 millions/s 31.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3570S, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i5-3570S Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 78.2 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 125.1 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 156.3 FPS 149.7 FPS
Low settings 195.4 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.3 %

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 i5-3570S Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.9 FPS 121.9 FPS
High settings 198.2 FPS 195.0 FPS
Medium settings 247.7 FPS 243.7 FPS
Low settings 309.7 FPS 304.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.6 %
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