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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 35289 0 % 34991 0.8 %
Future Proof 23 % 17.9 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1551 0 % 1499 3.4 %
Single Thread Score 1289.9 27.2 % 1770.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 3555 MB/s 0 % 3443.3 MB/s 3.1 %
Compressing Data 54.6 MB/s 0 % 46 MB/s 15.7 %
String objects sorting 6985 thousand/s 0 % 6445.1 thousand/s 7.7 %
Prime numbers generation 9 millions/s 30.6 % 12.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7551.1 millions/s 26.1 % 10211.3 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5581.7 millions/s 0 % 5243 millions/s 6.1 %

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 119.0 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 148.8 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.5 %

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 112.0 FPS
High settings 180.1 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 225.1 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 281.4 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.5 %
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