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General information Core i3-4170 Core i3-3240
Launched Q2 2015 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1150 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Haswell Refresh Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.4 GHz 8.1 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 54 W 1.8 % 55 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 0 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 2 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 3 MB
1 × 3 MB
ECC Supported Yes No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 4400 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i3-4170 Core i3-3240
Overall Score 39045 0 % 34981 10.4 %
Future Proof 47 % 0 % 28 % 40.4 %
Benchmark Score 2324 0 % 1497 35.6 %
Single Thread Score 2066.2 0 % 1777.1 14 %
Encrypting Data 5323.4 MB/s 0 % 3408.9 MB/s 36 %
Compressing Data 51.5 MB/s 0 % 45.7 MB/s 11.2 %
String objects sorting 7205.9 thousand/s 0 % 6512.1 thousand/s 9.6 %
Prime numbers generation 15.1 millions/s 0 % 12.9 millions/s 14.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 12490.5 millions/s 0 % 10329.9 millions/s 17.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6266.8 millions/s 0 % 5262.2 millions/s 16 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-4170, Core i3-3240.

Average frames per second Core i3-4170 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 70.7 FPS 58.6 FPS
High settings 113.0 FPS 93.8 FPS
Medium settings 141.3 FPS 117.2 FPS
Low settings 176.6 FPS 146.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 17.1 %

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 i3-4170 Core i3-3240
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 119.4 FPS 112.2 FPS
High settings 191.0 FPS 179.6 FPS
Medium settings 238.8 FPS 224.5 FPS
Low settings 298.5 FPS 280.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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