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General information Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8400
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2008
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 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8400
Overall Score 35436 0 % 29678 16.2 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 10 % 70.6 %
Benchmark Score 1577 0 % 776 50.8 %
Single Thread Score 1845.5 0 % 1235.8 33 %
Encrypting Data 3622.4 MB/s 0 % 1780.5 MB/s 50.8 %
Compressing Data 47.5 MB/s 0 % 24.4 MB/s 48.6 %
String objects sorting 6795.3 thousand/s 0 % 3360.7 thousand/s 50.5 %
Prime numbers generation 13.9 millions/s 0 % 9.1 millions/s 34.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10702.6 millions/s 0 % 5215.1 millions/s 51.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5394 millions/s 0 % 3038.6 millions/s 43.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3250, Core2 Duo E8400.

Average frames per second Core i3-3250 Core2 Duo E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 60.0 FPS 43.0 FPS
High settings 95.9 FPS 68.7 FPS
Medium settings 119.9 FPS 85.9 FPS
Low settings 149.9 FPS 107.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.3 %

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 E8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 113.0 FPS 102.8 FPS
High settings 180.8 FPS 164.5 FPS
Medium settings 226.0 FPS 205.7 FPS
Low settings 282.5 FPS 257.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 9 %
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