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General information Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E7500
Launched Q1 2013 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Wolfdale
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 17.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E7500
Overall Score 35436 0 % 29249 17.5 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 11 % 67.6 %
Benchmark Score 1577 0 % 732 53.6 %
Single Thread Score 1845.5 0 % 1215.7 34.1 %
Encrypting Data 3622.4 MB/s 0 % 1688 MB/s 53.4 %
Compressing Data 47.5 MB/s 0 % 24 MB/s 49.5 %
String objects sorting 6795.3 thousand/s 0 % 3273.4 thousand/s 51.8 %
Prime numbers generation 13.9 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 64 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10702.6 millions/s 0 % 5027.7 millions/s 53 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5394 millions/s 0 % 2942.3 millions/s 45.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3250, Core2 Duo E7500.

Average frames per second Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.0 FPS 41.8 FPS
High settings 95.9 FPS 66.9 FPS
Medium settings 119.9 FPS 83.6 FPS
Low settings 149.9 FPS 104.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 30.3 %

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 i3-3250 Core2 Duo E7500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 102.1 FPS
High settings 180.8 FPS 163.3 FPS
Medium settings 226.0 FPS 204.1 FPS
Low settings 282.5 FPS 255.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.7 %
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