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General information Phenom II X4 940 Core i3-3240
Launched Q1 2009 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 GHz 11.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 55 W 56 %
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
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Phenom II X4 940 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 35175 0 % 35070 0.3 %
Future Proof 11 % 60.7 % 28 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1531 0 % 1513 1.2 %
Single Thread Score 1212 32.3 % 1789.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 3286.3 MB/s 0 % 3234.1 MB/s 1.6 %
Compressing Data 51.6 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 11 %
String objects sorting 6461.6 thousand/s 0 % 6433.2 thousand/s 0.4 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 1 % 13 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 7122.5 millions/s 30.4 % 10232.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5256.9 millions/s 0 % 5253.6 millions/s 0.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Phenom II X4 940, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Phenom II X4 940 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.9 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 94.2 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 117.8 FPS 117.3 FPS
Low settings 147.2 FPS 146.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %

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 940 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 112.1 FPS
High settings 179.6 FPS 179.3 FPS
Medium settings 224.5 FPS 224.1 FPS
Low settings 280.6 FPS 280.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.2 %
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