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General information Athlon II X3 435 Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2009 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM3 LGA1156
Series Name AMD Athlon II X3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Rana Clarkdale
Clock 2.9 GHz 6.5 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 3 0 % 2 33.3 %
Threads 3 25 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 32 nm 28.9 %
L1 Cache 3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 3 × 512 kB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Athlon II X3 435 Core i3-540
Overall Score 31984 0 % 31440 1.7 %
Future Proof 15 % 11.8 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1046 0 % 977 6.6 %
Single Thread Score 1160.5 9.2 % 1278.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 2411 MB/s 0 % 2289.7 MB/s 5 %
Compressing Data 36.6 MB/s 0 % 32.6 MB/s 11 %
String objects sorting 4753.2 thousand/s 0 % 4576.1 thousand/s 3.7 %
Prime numbers generation 7 millions/s 29.3 % 9.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5149.6 millions/s 36.5 % 8103.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3688 millions/s 0 % 3489.5 millions/s 5.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Athlon II X3 435, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Athlon II X3 435 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 50.1 FPS 48.5 FPS
High settings 80.2 FPS 77.6 FPS
Medium settings 100.3 FPS 97.0 FPS
Low settings 125.3 FPS 121.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.3 %

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 Athlon II X3 435 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.9 FPS 106.0 FPS
High settings 171.1 FPS 169.5 FPS
Medium settings 213.8 FPS 211.9 FPS
Low settings 267.3 FPS 264.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.9 %
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