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General information Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Skylake-S
Clock 3.3 GHz 13.2 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 51 W 33.8 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 14 nm 36.4 %
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 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No Yes
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Overall Score 41992 0 % 40938 2.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 44 % 50 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3109 0 % 2809 9.6 %
Single Thread Score 1983 13.3 % 2287.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 1227.3 MB/s 12.5 % 1403 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 73.9 MB/s 0 % 57.6 MB/s 22.1 %
String objects sorting 9430.9 thousand/s 0 % 7550.5 thousand/s 19.9 %
Prime numbers generation 29.1 millions/s 0 % 16 millions/s 44.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15446.6 millions/s 0 % 13112.2 millions/s 15.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11195 millions/s 0 % 8126.6 millions/s 27.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550, Core i3-6300.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.4 FPS 76.3 FPS
High settings 127.1 FPS 122.0 FPS
Medium settings 158.9 FPS 152.5 FPS
Low settings 198.6 FPS 190.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %

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 i5-3550 Core i3-6300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.6 FPS 122.8 FPS
High settings 199.4 FPS 196.4 FPS
Medium settings 249.3 FPS 245.5 FPS
Low settings 311.6 FPS 306.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %
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