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General information Core i5-2550K Core2 Duo E6850
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Conroe
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 11.8 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 65 W 31.6 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-2550K Core2 Duo E6850
Overall Score 40433 0 % 29158 27.9 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 2673 0 % 723 73 %
Single Thread Score 1763.8 0 % 1169.4 33.7 %
Encrypting Data 1041 MB/s 36.6 % 1642.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66 MB/s 0 % 24.3 MB/s 63.2 %
String objects sorting 9005.9 thousand/s 0 % 3364.7 thousand/s 62.6 %
Prime numbers generation 26 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 76.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14452.7 millions/s 0 % 4536.5 millions/s 68.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7464.5 millions/s 0 % 2436.9 millions/s 67.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2550K, Core2 Duo E6850.

Average frames per second Core i5-2550K Core2 Duo E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 41.6 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 66.5 FPS
Medium settings 149.6 FPS 83.1 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 103.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.5 %

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 i5-2550K Core2 Duo E6850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 102.0 FPS
High settings 194.9 FPS 163.1 FPS
Medium settings 243.6 FPS 203.9 FPS
Low settings 304.5 FPS 254.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.3 %
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