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General information Phenom 9950 Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2008 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA1156
Clock 2.6 GHz 16.1 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 73 W 41.6 %
Performance Phenom 9950 Core i3-540
Overall Score 33221 0 % 31563 5 %
Future Proof 10 % 41.2 % 17 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1218 0 % 992 18.6 %
Single Thread Score 1028 18.5 % 1262.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 2806.5 MB/s 0 % 2263.9 MB/s 19.3 %
Compressing Data 42 MB/s 0 % 32.8 MB/s 21.9 %
String objects sorting 5415.8 thousand/s 0 % 4553.3 thousand/s 15.9 %
Prime numbers generation 8 millions/s 20.6 % 10 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 5947 millions/s 26.2 % 8062.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4380 millions/s 0 % 3493 millions/s 20.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom 9950, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Phenom 9950 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 53.5 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 85.5 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 106.9 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 133.6 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.2 %

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 Phenom 9950 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.2 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 174.6 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 218.3 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 272.9 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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