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General information Core i3-2100 Core2 Quad Q6600
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Kentsfield
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 22.6 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 38.1 % 105 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-2100 Core2 Quad Q6600
Overall Score 33138 0 % 32970 0.5 %
Future Proof 23 % 0 % 10 % 56.5 %
Benchmark Score 1206 0 % 1182 2 %
Single Thread Score 1418 0 % 953.9 32.7 %
Encrypting Data 2575.5 MB/s 0 % 2554.3 MB/s 0.8 %
Compressing Data 38.6 MB/s 1 % 39 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 5839.3 thousand/s 0 % 5304.1 thousand/s 9.2 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 16 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8949.9 millions/s 0 % 7800.7 millions/s 12.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3384 millions/s 13.7 % 3919.3 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2100, Core2 Quad Q6600.

Average frames per second Core i3-2100 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 52.9 FPS 52.5 FPS
High settings 84.7 FPS 84.0 FPS
Medium settings 105.8 FPS 105.0 FPS
Low settings 132.3 FPS 131.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 i3-2100 Core2 Quad Q6600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 108.7 FPS 108.3 FPS
High settings 173.8 FPS 173.3 FPS
Medium settings 217.3 FPS 216.6 FPS
Low settings 271.6 FPS 270.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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