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General information Core i3-7100 Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q1 2017 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 PLGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Conroe
Clock 3.9 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 46.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 51 W 21.5 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 78.5 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-7100 Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 40902 0 % 26476 35.3 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 10 % 82.5 %
Benchmark Score 2799 0 % 491 82.5 %
Single Thread Score 2291.8 0 % 788.9 65.6 %
Encrypting Data 1454 MB/s 0 % 1106.2 MB/s 23.9 %
Compressing Data 57.9 MB/s 0 % 16.3 MB/s 71.9 %
String objects sorting 7630.6 thousand/s 0 % 2225.8 thousand/s 70.8 %
Prime numbers generation 14.1 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 64.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13319.8 millions/s 0 % 2981.9 millions/s 77.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 8221.2 millions/s 0 % 1628.9 millions/s 80.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-7100, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second Core i3-7100 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.2 FPS 35.5 FPS
High settings 121.9 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 152.3 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 190.4 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 53.3 %

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 i3-7100 Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 122.5 FPS 97.0 FPS
High settings 196.0 FPS 155.2 FPS
Medium settings 245.0 FPS 194.0 FPS
Low settings 306.2 FPS 242.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.8 %
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