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General information Core i5-3550 Core2 Duo E8300
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 Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 15.2 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 77 W 0 % 65 W 15.6 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Core i5-3550 Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 41992 0 % 28335 32.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 10 % 64.3 %
Benchmark Score 3109 0 % 645 79.3 %
Single Thread Score 2005 0 % 1067.5 46.8 %
Encrypting Data 1211.2 MB/s 17.5 % 1468.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 73 MB/s 0 % 19.4 MB/s 73.4 %
String objects sorting 9314.6 thousand/s 0 % 2885.8 thousand/s 69 %
Prime numbers generation 29.2 millions/s 0 % 7.9 millions/s 72.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 15442.6 millions/s 0 % 4379.4 millions/s 71.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11118.6 millions/s 0 % 2451.9 millions/s 77.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 79.4 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 127.1 FPS 63.1 FPS
Medium settings 158.9 FPS 78.9 FPS
Low settings 198.6 FPS 98.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 50.3 %

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 i5-3550 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 124.4 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 199.1 FPS 160.4 FPS
Medium settings 248.9 FPS 200.5 FPS
Low settings 311.1 FPS 250.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.4 %
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