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General information Core i7-2600K A8-5600K
Launched Q4 2010 Q4 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD A8
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Trinity
Clock 3.4 GHz 5.6 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 3.8 GHz 2.6 % 3.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 5 % 100 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 3000 Radeon HD 7560D
Performance Core i7-2600K A8-5600K
Overall Score 43391 0 % 36846 15.1 %
Future Proof 21 % 36.4 % 33 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 3545 0 % 1843 48 %
Single Thread Score 1743 0 % 1424.7 18.3 %
Encrypting Data 1637.5 MB/s 61.2 % 4216.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 88.8 MB/s 0 % 47.2 MB/s 46.9 %
String objects sorting 13411 thousand/s 0 % 6031.6 thousand/s 55 %
Prime numbers generation 25.9 millions/s 0 % 11.1 millions/s 57.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 21238.5 millions/s 0 % 19018.4 millions/s 10.5 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 7900.9 millions/s 0 % 4971 millions/s 37.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-2600K, A8-5600K.

Average frames per second Core i7-2600K A8-5600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 83.6 FPS 64.1 FPS
High settings 133.7 FPS 102.6 FPS
Medium settings 167.1 FPS 128.2 FPS
Low settings 208.9 FPS 160.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.3 %

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 i7-2600K A8-5600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 127.0 FPS 115.4 FPS
High settings 203.2 FPS 184.7 FPS
Medium settings 253.9 FPS 230.8 FPS
Low settings 317.4 FPS 288.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.1 %
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