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General information Core i5-2320 Core i3-540
Launched Q3 2011 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1155 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Sandy Bridge Clarkdale
Clock 3 GHz 3.2 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 W 0 % 73 W 23.2 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 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 2000 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i5-2320 Core i3-540
Overall Score 39226 0 % 31563 19.5 %
Future Proof 26 % 0 % 17 % 34.6 %
Benchmark Score 2368 0 % 992 58.1 %
Single Thread Score 1521.5 0 % 1260.8 17.1 %
Encrypting Data 5389.3 MB/s 0 % 2256.8 MB/s 58.1 %
Compressing Data 59.3 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 44 %
String objects sorting 8176.9 thousand/s 0 % 4599 thousand/s 43.8 %
Prime numbers generation 23 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 56.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 13126.2 millions/s 0 % 8143.6 millions/s 38 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 6688.6 millions/s 0 % 3468.5 millions/s 48.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-2320, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i5-2320 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 71.2 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 113.9 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 142.4 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 178.0 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.8 %

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 i5-2320 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 119.5 FPS 106.1 FPS
High settings 191.1 FPS 169.7 FPS
Medium settings 238.9 FPS 212.1 FPS
Low settings 298.7 FPS 265.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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