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General information Athlon X4 840 Core i3-3240
Launched Q1 2015 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2+ LGA1155
Series Name AMD Athlon X4 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Kaveri Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.1 GHz 8.8 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 55 W 15.4 %
Lithography 28 nm 0 % 22 nm 21.4 %
L1 Cache 2 × 96 kB Instruction
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 2 MB
2 × 256 kB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Performance Athlon X4 840 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 38273 0 % 34981 8.6 %
Future Proof 46 % 0 % 28 % 39.1 %
Benchmark Score 2146 0 % 1497 30.2 %
Single Thread Score 1488 16 % 1771.7 0 %
Encrypting Data 4924.5 MB/s 0 % 3426.1 MB/s 30.4 %
Compressing Data 55.4 MB/s 0 % 45.9 MB/s 17.1 %
String objects sorting 6552.1 thousand/s 0 % 6441.1 thousand/s 1.7 %
Prime numbers generation 12.9 millions/s 1.1 % 13.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19533.5 millions/s 0 % 10329.9 millions/s 47.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5456.5 millions/s 0 % 5288.6 millions/s 3.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Athlon X4 840, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Athlon X4 840 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 68.4 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 109.5 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 136.8 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 171.0 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 14.3 %

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 Athlon X4 840 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.0 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 188.8 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 236.0 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 295.0 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.9 %
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