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General information Core i3-3240 Athlon II X3 450
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Athlon II X3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Rana
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 5.9 %
Cores 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 42.1 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
3 × 512 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3240 Athlon II X3 450
Overall Score 34985 0 % 32994 5.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 21 % 25 %
Benchmark Score 1498 0 % 1185 20.9 %
Single Thread Score 1778.9 0 % 1292.8 27.3 %
Encrypting Data 3386 MB/s 0 % 2705.7 MB/s 20.1 %
Compressing Data 46.4 MB/s 0 % 40.8 MB/s 12 %
String objects sorting 6439.6 thousand/s 0 % 5220.8 thousand/s 18.9 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 0 % 7 millions/s 45.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10363.8 millions/s 0 % 5599.2 millions/s 46 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5294.8 millions/s 0 % 4208.2 millions/s 20.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Athlon II X3 450.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Athlon II X3 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 52.8 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 84.4 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 105.6 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 131.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.9 %

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 i3-3240 Athlon II X3 450
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.1 FPS 108.7 FPS
High settings 179.4 FPS 173.8 FPS
Medium settings 224.2 FPS 217.3 FPS
Low settings 280.3 FPS 271.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.1 %
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