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General information Core i3-550 Pentium G870
Launched Q2 2010 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1156 FCLGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Pentium
Core Family Name Clarkdale Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 3.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-550 Pentium G870
Overall Score 31944 0 % 31467 1.5 %
Future Proof 18 % 41.9 % 31 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1041 0 % 980 5.9 %
Single Thread Score 1351.7 7.1 % 1455.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 2379.7 MB/s 0 % 2234 MB/s 6.1 %
Compressing Data 34.5 MB/s 0 % 29.2 MB/s 15.5 %
String objects sorting 4830.3 thousand/s 0 % 3995.9 thousand/s 17.3 %
Prime numbers generation 10.1 millions/s 15.6 % 12 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8479 millions/s 0 % 6459.5 millions/s 23.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3669.7 millions/s 0 % 3250.4 millions/s 11.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-550, Pentium G870.

Average frames per second Core i3-550 Pentium G870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 49.7 FPS 48.3 FPS
High settings 79.5 FPS 77.2 FPS
Medium settings 99.4 FPS 96.5 FPS
Low settings 124.2 FPS 120.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.9 %

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 i3-550 Pentium G870
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.7 FPS 105.8 FPS
High settings 170.7 FPS 169.3 FPS
Medium settings 213.4 FPS 211.7 FPS
Low settings 266.8 FPS 264.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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