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General information Core i7-870 Core i3-3245
Launched Q3 2009 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Lynnfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 2.9 GHz 14.7 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
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 × 8 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-870 Core i3-3245
Overall Score 37692 0 % 35216 6.6 %
Future Proof 14 % 58.8 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2018 0 % 1538 23.8 %
Single Thread Score 1385 23.2 % 1803.5 0 %
Encrypting Data 4617.6 MB/s 0 % 3518.7 MB/s 23.8 %
Compressing Data 66.7 MB/s 0 % 45.8 MB/s 31.3 %
String objects sorting 9312.5 thousand/s 0 % 6367.7 thousand/s 31.6 %
Prime numbers generation 20.8 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 32.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16997 millions/s 0 % 10114.8 millions/s 40.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7336.6 millions/s 0 % 5178.6 millions/s 29.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-870, Core i3-3245.

Average frames per second Core i7-870 Core i3-3245
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 66.7 FPS 59.3 FPS
High settings 106.7 FPS 94.9 FPS
Medium settings 133.3 FPS 118.6 FPS
Low settings 166.7 FPS 148.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %

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 i7-870 Core i3-3245
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 117.1 FPS 112.7 FPS
High settings 187.3 FPS 180.3 FPS
Medium settings 234.1 FPS 225.3 FPS
Low settings 292.7 FPS 281.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %
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