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Intel logo Pentium G840
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AMD logo Phenom X3 8550

Intel Pentium G840 logo AMD Phenom X3 8550 logo
General information Pentium G840 Phenom X3 8550
Launched Q2 2011 Q2 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA1155 AM2
Clock 2.8 GHz 0 % 2.2 GHz 21.4 %
Cores 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Threads 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Pentium G840 Phenom X3 8550
Overall Score 29911 0 % 28900 3.4 %
Future Proof 24 % 0 % 13 % 45.8 %
Benchmark Score 800 0 % 698 12.8 %
Single Thread Score 1264.5 0 % 835 34 %
Encrypting Data 1835 MB/s 0 % 1588.2 MB/s 13.5 %
Compressing Data 24.5 MB/s 0 % 21.7 MB/s 11.2 %
String objects sorting 3380.8 thousand/s 0 % 3174.6 thousand/s 6.1 %
Prime numbers generation 8.9 millions/s 0 % 4 millions/s 54.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 4670.7 millions/s 0 % 2849.6 millions/s 39 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2831.5 millions/s 0 % 2439.6 millions/s 13.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Pentium G840, Phenom X3 8550.

Average frames per second Pentium G840 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 43.7 FPS 40.6 FPS
High settings 69.9 FPS 65.0 FPS
Medium settings 87.3 FPS 81.3 FPS
Low settings 109.2 FPS 101.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7 %

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 Pentium G840 Phenom X3 8550
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 103.3 FPS 101.3 FPS
High settings 165.2 FPS 162.1 FPS
Medium settings 206.6 FPS 202.6 FPS
Low settings 258.2 FPS 253.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.9 %
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