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General information Core i5-2540M Phenom II X3 B73
Launched Q4 2010 Q3 2010
Used in Mobile Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket BGA1023 AM3
Clock 2.6 GHz 7.1 % 2.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 33.3 % 3 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 3 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 W 63.2 % 95 W 0 %
Performance Core i5-2540M Phenom II X3 B73
Overall Score 34987 0 % 31455 10.1 %
Future Proof 21 % 0 % 20 % 4.8 %
Benchmark Score 1498 0 % 979 34.6 %
Single Thread Score 1404.4 0 % 1058.1 24.7 %
Encrypting Data 3504.5 MB/s 0 % 2260.1 MB/s 35.5 %
Compressing Data 36.8 MB/s 0 % 33.9 MB/s 7.8 %
String objects sorting 5698.8 thousand/s 0 % 4033.9 thousand/s 29.2 %
Prime numbers generation 12.1 millions/s 22.2 % 15.6 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 8497.1 millions/s 16.8 % 10216.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3278.3 millions/s 43.1 % 5764.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2540M, Phenom II X3 B73.

Average frames per second Core i5-2540M Phenom II X3 B73
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 59.0 FPS 48.5 FPS
High settings 94.4 FPS 77.6 FPS
Medium settings 118.0 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 147.5 FPS 121.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.7 %

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 i5-2540M Phenom II X3 B73
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.3 FPS 106.0 FPS
High settings 179.7 FPS 169.6 FPS
Medium settings 224.7 FPS 211.9 FPS
Low settings 280.8 FPS 264.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.7 %
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