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General information Core i3-3240 Celeron G540
Launched Q1 2012 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i3 Intel Celeron
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 26.5 %
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 × 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 2500 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i3-3240 Celeron G540
Overall Score 34981 0 % 29504 15.7 %
Future Proof 28 % 0 % 27 % 3.6 %
Benchmark Score 1497 0 % 758 49.4 %
Single Thread Score 1771.7 0 % 1146.3 35.3 %
Encrypting Data 3426.1 MB/s 0 % 1723.3 MB/s 49.7 %
Compressing Data 45.9 MB/s 0 % 23.2 MB/s 49.4 %
String objects sorting 6441.1 thousand/s 0 % 3230.5 thousand/s 49.8 %
Prime numbers generation 13.1 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 38.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10329.9 millions/s 0 % 4706.1 millions/s 54.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 5288.6 millions/s 0 % 2701.4 millions/s 48.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i3-3240, Celeron G540.

Average frames per second Core i3-3240 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 58.6 FPS 42.5 FPS
High settings 93.8 FPS 68.0 FPS
Medium settings 117.2 FPS 85.0 FPS
Low settings 146.5 FPS 106.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.4 %

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 Celeron G540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 112.2 FPS 102.5 FPS
High settings 179.6 FPS 164.0 FPS
Medium settings 224.5 FPS 205.0 FPS
Low settings 280.6 FPS 256.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.7 %
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