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General information Core i5-3550S Core i7-880
Launched Q2 2012 Q3 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Lynnfield
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 50 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Core i5-3550S Core i7-880
Overall Score 41157 0 % 38273 7 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 20 % 33.3 %
Benchmark Score 2869 0 % 2146 25.2 %
Single Thread Score 1975.8 0 % 1430.5 27.6 %
Encrypting Data 1080.2 MB/s 78 % 4904.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 68.3 MB/s 0.9 % 68.9 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 8897.2 thousand/s 6 % 9466.9 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 22 millions/s 23.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14566.5 millions/s 19.9 % 18179.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10627 millions/s 0 % 7646 millions/s 28.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550S, Core i7-880.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550S Core i7-880
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.9 FPS 68.4 FPS
High settings 123.1 FPS 109.5 FPS
Medium settings 153.8 FPS 136.8 FPS
Low settings 192.3 FPS 171.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.1 %

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 i5-3550S Core i7-880
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.0 FPS 117.9 FPS
High settings 196.8 FPS 188.7 FPS
Medium settings 246.0 FPS 235.9 FPS
Low settings 307.6 FPS 294.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %
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