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General information Core i3-2120 Celeron G540
Launched Q1 2011 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Celeron
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 24.2 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 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 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2000 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-2120 Celeron G540
Overall Score 33526 0 % 29504 12 %
Future Proof 23 % 14.8 % 27 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 1263 0 % 758 40 %
Single Thread Score 1514.5 0 % 1146.3 24.3 %
Encrypting Data 2905 MB/s 0 % 1723.3 MB/s 40.7 %
Compressing Data 40.2 MB/s 0 % 23.2 MB/s 42.2 %
String objects sorting 6117.4 thousand/s 0 % 3230.5 thousand/s 47.2 %
Prime numbers generation 12 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 33.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 9463 millions/s 0 % 4706.1 millions/s 50.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 3602.6 millions/s 0 % 2701.4 millions/s 25 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-2120, Celeron G540.

Average frames per second Core i3-2120 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 54.4 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 87.0 FPS 68.0 FPS
Medium settings 108.7 FPS 85.0 FPS
Low settings 135.9 FPS 106.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.8 %

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 i3-2120 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 109.6 FPS 102.5 FPS
High settings 175.4 FPS 164.0 FPS
Medium settings 219.3 FPS 205.0 FPS
Low settings 274.1 FPS 256.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.5 %
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