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General information Core i3-3240 Phenom II X3 720
Launched Q1 2012 Q1 2009
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 AM3
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD Phenom II X3
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Heka
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 17.6 %
Cores 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 42.1 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 51.1 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
3 × 64 kB Instruction
3 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
3 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i3-3240 Phenom II X3 720
Overall Score 34982 0 % 31661 9.5 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 11 % 60.7 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 1005 32.9 %
Single Thread Score 1789.6 0 % 1093.1 38.9 %
Encrypting Data 3391.9 MB/s 0 % 2273.6 MB/s 33 %
Compressing Data 45.6 MB/s 0 % 34.3 MB/s 24.8 %
String objects sorting 6448.5 thousand/s 0 % 4290 thousand/s 33.5 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 31.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10227.9 millions/s 0 % 4214.4 millions/s 58.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5225.2 millions/s 0 % 3567.7 millions/s 31.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Phenom II X3 720.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 48.8 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 78.2 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 97.7 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 122.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.6 %

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 Core i3-3240 Phenom II X3 720
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 179.5 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 224.3 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 280.4 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.3 %
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