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General information Core i5-3550S Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q2 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 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
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 i5-3550S Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 41157 0 % 29685 27.9 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 10 % 66.7 %
Benchmark Score 2869 0 % 776 73 %
Single Thread Score 1966 0 % 1237 37.1 %
Encrypting Data 1069.5 MB/s 39.4 % 1766 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 68 MB/s 0 % 24.8 MB/s 63.5 %
String objects sorting 8959.7 thousand/s 0 % 3391.1 thousand/s 62.2 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 68.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14581 millions/s 0 % 5175.6 millions/s 64.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10605.7 millions/s 0 % 3042.6 millions/s 71.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550S, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550S Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.9 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 123.1 FPS 68.8 FPS
Medium settings 153.8 FPS 86.0 FPS
Low settings 192.3 FPS 107.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.1 %

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 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.1 FPS 102.9 FPS
High settings 196.9 FPS 164.6 FPS
Medium settings 246.1 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 307.7 FPS 257.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.4 %
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