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General information Core i3-3240 A6-6420K
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM2
Series Name Intel Core i3 AMD A6
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Richland
Clock 3.4 GHz 15 % 4 GHz 0 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 55 W 15.4 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 16 kB Data
1 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
1 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Radeon HD 8000 Series
Performance Core i3-3240 A6-6420K
Overall Score 34991 0 % 31774 9.2 %
Future Proof 28 % 36.4 % 44 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1499 0 % 1019 32 %
Single Thread Score 1795.9 0 % 1549.9 13.7 %
Encrypting Data 3415.3 MB/s 0 % 2338.4 MB/s 31.5 %
Compressing Data 45.7 MB/s 0 % 26.7 MB/s 41.5 %
String objects sorting 6432.2 thousand/s 0 % 3506.5 thousand/s 45.5 %
Prime numbers generation 13 millions/s 0 % 6 millions/s 54.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10231.9 millions/s 1.6 % 10393.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5243 millions/s 0 % 2632.6 millions/s 49.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, A6-6420K.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 A6-6420K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 49.2 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 78.7 FPS
Medium settings 117.3 FPS 98.4 FPS
Low settings 146.6 FPS 123.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 16.1 %

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 A6-6420K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.0 FPS 106.4 FPS
High settings 179.3 FPS 170.2 FPS
Medium settings 224.1 FPS 212.8 FPS
Low settings 280.1 FPS 265.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.1 %
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