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Intel logo Core i7-940
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Intel Core i7-940 logo AMD Athlon II X2 255 logo
General information Core i7-940 Athlon II X2 255
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1366 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i7 AMD Athlon II X2
Core Family Name Bloomfield Regor
Clock 2.9 GHz 6.5 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 2 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 W 0 % 65 W 50 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i7-940 Athlon II X2 255
Overall Score 37153 0 % 29491 20.6 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1905 0 % 756 60.3 %
Single Thread Score 1306.1 0 % 1224.1 6.3 %
Encrypting Data 4311.6 MB/s 0 % 1734.2 MB/s 59.8 %
Compressing Data 63.7 MB/s 0 % 25.5 MB/s 60 %
String objects sorting 8828.3 thousand/s 0 % 3319.6 thousand/s 62.4 %
Prime numbers generation 22 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 72.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 16252 millions/s 0 % 3452.1 millions/s 78.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6867.6 millions/s 0 % 2508 millions/s 63.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-940, Athlon II X2 255.

Average frames per second Core i7-940 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 65.1 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 104.2 FPS 68.0 FPS
Medium settings 130.2 FPS 85.0 FPS
Low settings 162.8 FPS 106.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 34.8 %

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 i7-940 Athlon II X2 255
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 116.1 FPS 102.6 FPS
High settings 185.7 FPS 164.1 FPS
Medium settings 232.1 FPS 205.1 FPS
Low settings 290.2 FPS 256.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %
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