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General information Phenom II X4 840 Core i3-3240
Launched Q1 2011 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM2+ LGA1155
Series Name AMD Phenom II X4 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Deneb Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 5.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 55 W 42.1 %
Lithography 45 nm 0 % 22 nm 51.1 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 512 kB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Phenom II X4 840 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 35373 0 % 35070 0.9 %
Future Proof 23 % 17.9 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1566 0 % 1513 3.4 %
Single Thread Score 1300.3 26.8 % 1777.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 3347.2 MB/s 0 % 3240.6 MB/s 3.2 %
Compressing Data 54.7 MB/s 0 % 45.8 MB/s 16.3 %
String objects sorting 6922.1 thousand/s 0 % 6413.8 thousand/s 7.3 %
Prime numbers generation 9.1 millions/s 29.5 % 12.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7520.7 millions/s 27.2 % 10335.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5637.9 millions/s 0 % 5301.1 millions/s 6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 840, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 840 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.5 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 95.2 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 118.9 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 148.7 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.4 %

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 II X4 840 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.6 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 180.2 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 225.2 FPS 224.2 FPS
Low settings 281.5 FPS 280.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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