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General information Core i5-2550K Core i3-3220
Launched Q1 2012 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 2.9 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 22 nm 31.3 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-2550K Core i3-3220
Overall Score 40433 0 % 34771 14 %
Future Proof 28 % 9.7 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2673 0 % 1462 45.3 %
Single Thread Score 1763.8 0 % 1716.6 2.7 %
Encrypting Data 1041 MB/s 68.9 % 3351.4 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66 MB/s 0 % 44.4 MB/s 32.8 %
String objects sorting 9005.9 thousand/s 0 % 6261 thousand/s 30.5 %
Prime numbers generation 26 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 50.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14452.7 millions/s 0 % 10059.8 millions/s 30.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7464.5 millions/s 0 % 5152.7 millions/s 31 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2550K, Core i3-3220.

Average frames per second Core i5-2550K Core i3-3220
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 74.8 FPS 58.0 FPS
High settings 119.7 FPS 92.8 FPS
Medium settings 149.6 FPS 116.0 FPS
Low settings 187.1 FPS 145.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.5 %

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 Core i3-3220
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 121.8 FPS 111.8 FPS
High settings 194.9 FPS 178.9 FPS
Medium settings 243.6 FPS 223.7 FPS
Low settings 304.5 FPS 279.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.2 %
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