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General information Core i7-960 Core i3-3245
Launched Q4 2009 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1366 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Bloomfield Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 5.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 55 W 57.7 %
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 i7-960 Core i3-3245
Overall Score 38165 0 % 35080 8.1 %
Future Proof 15 % 55.9 % 34 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 2122 0 % 1514 28.7 %
Single Thread Score 1460.9 17.8 % 1776.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 4952.1 MB/s 0 % 3488.9 MB/s 29.5 %
Compressing Data 72 MB/s 0 % 46.1 MB/s 36 %
String objects sorting 9942.5 thousand/s 0 % 6310.7 thousand/s 36.5 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 13.9 millions/s 39.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18110.1 millions/s 0 % 10298.7 millions/s 43.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7769.3 millions/s 0 % 5121.9 millions/s 34.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-960, Core i3-3245.

Average frames per second Core i7-960 Core i3-3245
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.5 FPS 59.3 FPS
High settings 109.5 FPS 94.8 FPS
Medium settings 136.9 FPS 118.5 FPS
Low settings 171.2 FPS 148.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 13.4 %

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 i7-960 Core i3-3245
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.1 FPS 112.5 FPS
High settings 188.9 FPS 180.0 FPS
Medium settings 236.2 FPS 224.9 FPS
Low settings 295.2 FPS 281.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.8 %
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