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General information Core i5-3450S Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q2 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Conroe
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 25 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 66.2 % 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 i5-3450S Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 41010 0 % 26476 35.4 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 2829 0 % 491 82.6 %
Single Thread Score 1871.1 0 % 788.9 57.8 %
Encrypting Data 1094.8 MB/s 1 % 1106.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 66 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 75.3 %
String objects sorting 8648.3 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 74.3 %
Prime numbers generation 28.2 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 82.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13782.8 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 78.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10107.2 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 83.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3450S, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i5-3450S Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.5 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 122.4 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 153.0 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 191.2 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.5 %

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 i5-3450S Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.7 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 196.2 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 245.3 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 306.6 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.9 %
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