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General information Core i5-7600K Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2017 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1151 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Kaby Lake-S Clarkdale
Clock 3.8 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 18.4 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 91 W 0 % 73 W 19.8 %
Lithography 14 nm 56.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 6 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No Yes
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-7600K Core i3-540
Overall Score 45785 0 % 31563 31.1 %
Future Proof 57 % 0 % 17 % 70.2 %
Benchmark Score 4394 0 % 992 77.4 %
Single Thread Score 2556.2 0 % 1281.2 49.9 %
Encrypting Data 2007.9 MB/s 10.8 % 2250.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 92.7 MB/s 0 % 33.1 MB/s 64.3 %
String objects sorting 11487.5 thousand/s 0 % 4580.7 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 31.9 millions/s 0 % 9.9 millions/s 68.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 17799.6 millions/s 0 % 8038.7 millions/s 54.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 14743.1 millions/s 0 % 3521 millions/s 76.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-7600K, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i5-7600K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 90.7 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 145.1 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 181.4 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 226.7 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.5 %

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 i5-7600K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 131.2 FPS 106.2 FPS
High settings 210.0 FPS 169.9 FPS
Medium settings 262.5 FPS 212.4 FPS
Low settings 328.1 FPS 265.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 19.1 %
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