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Intel Core i3-540 logo AMD Athlon II X2 240 logo
General information Core i3-540 Athlon II X2 240
Launched Q1 2010 Q3 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1156 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Clarkdale Regor
Clock 3.1 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 9.7 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 73 W 0 % 65 W 11 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-540 Athlon II X2 240
Overall Score 31563 0 % 28594 9.4 %
Future Proof 17 % 0 % 14 % 17.6 %
Benchmark Score 992 0 % 669 32.6 %
Single Thread Score 1264.7 0 % 1070.5 15.3 %
Encrypting Data 2288.6 MB/s 0 % 1534 MB/s 33 %
Compressing Data 32.9 MB/s 0 % 22.1 MB/s 32.7 %
String objects sorting 4548.7 thousand/s 0 % 2868.7 thousand/s 36.9 %
Prime numbers generation 10 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 49.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8071 millions/s 0 % 2964.1 millions/s 63.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3482.5 millions/s 0 % 2369.9 millions/s 31.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-540, Athlon II X2 240.

Average frames per second Core i3-540 Athlon II X2 240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 48.6 FPS 40.2 FPS
High settings 77.7 FPS 64.3 FPS
Medium settings 97.1 FPS 80.3 FPS
Low settings 121.4 FPS 100.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.3 %

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 i3-540 Athlon II X2 240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.2 FPS 101.0 FPS
High settings 169.9 FPS 161.6 FPS
Medium settings 212.4 FPS 202.0 FPS
Low settings 265.5 FPS 252.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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