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General information Core i3-3250 A8-3870K
Launched Q1 2013 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD A8
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Llano
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 14.3 %
Cores 2 50 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 45 % 100 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Radeon HD 6550D
Performance Core i3-3250 A8-3870K
Overall Score 35508 0 % 35009 1.4 %
Future Proof 34 % 0 % 27 % 20.6 %
Benchmark Score 1590 0 % 1502 5.5 %
Single Thread Score 1852.5 0 % 1197.6 35.4 %
Encrypting Data 3388.6 MB/s 0 % 3240.7 MB/s 4.4 %
Compressing Data 47.8 MB/s 5.4 % 50.5 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 6757.5 thousand/s 0 % 6346.3 thousand/s 6.1 %
Prime numbers generation 14 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 29.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10851.4 millions/s 0 % 6950.6 millions/s 35.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5481.1 millions/s 0 % 5329 millions/s 2.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3250, A8-3870K.

Average frames per second Core i3-3250 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.9 FPS 58.5 FPS
High settings 95.8 FPS 93.5 FPS
Medium settings 119.8 FPS 116.9 FPS
Low settings 149.7 FPS 146.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.4 %

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 A8-3870K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.8 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 180.5 FPS 179.1 FPS
Medium settings 225.6 FPS 223.8 FPS
Low settings 282.0 FPS 279.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %
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